Reading Files Using Action Action = Content

Question

I have several files in my project that have Build Action set to Content .

How can I get a stream to read these content files?

PS: Setting Build Action to Resource and then reading the file using Application.GetResourceStream() not a parameter.

Answer 1

Elements with Build Action of Content are included in the package file (.xap) and are accessible through Uri . You are still using Application.GetResourceStream() to get the stream

 var si = Application.GetResourceStream(new Uri("FileName.ext", UriKind.Relative)); using (var sr = new StreamReader(si.Stream)) { //blah } 

This is fairly well described in the MSDN Help. Application.GetResourceStream

Answer 2

You can see the full sample in the recently published MSDN code gallery, which shows how to access files deployed with the application using the Application.GetResourceStream () method .