Getting a flowdocument from a xaml template file

Question

I got a Xaml file that starts like this:

  <FlowDocument
       x:Name="flowDocument"
       xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
       xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
       xmlns:Drawing="clr-namespace:System.Drawing;assembly=System.Drawing"

Current solution uses a StremReader by referring to the physical path of the xaml file with the flowdocument and then parses data into the template.

This is not a valid solution, so I need to get the flowdocument withouth referring to the physical path.

I would like to use the xmlns namespace or similar in my C# code and do like

string result = XamlWriter.Save(flowDocument)

And use the result for parsing.

Suggestions?

Answer 1

If I understand correctly, you want to get the FlowDocument from a string? You can do this with XamlReader.Parse:

string result = XamlWriter.Save(flowDocument);
FlowDocument new_doc = (FlowDocument)XamlReader.Parse(result);

EDIT: If the XAML file is a part of your project, you can mark it as EmbeddedResource and use the following to load it:

Stream doc_stream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()
                            .GetManifestResourceStream("YourNamespace.YourFile.xaml");
FlowDocument doc = (FlowDocument)XamlReader.Load(doc_stream);