ReadXml from resources

[ray well]

i saved the state of a data set and table via

MyDs.WriteXmlSchema("MyDs.xsd")
MyDs.WriteXml("MyDs.xml")

i was able to read them back in and display the info in the database by

MyDs.ReadXmlSchema("MyDs.xsd")
MyDs.ReadXml("MyDs.xml")

i put the 2 files into my project resources and named them Descrip and Info,
but when i tried reading them back thru

MyDs.ReadXmlSchema(My.Resources.Descrip)
MyDs.ReadXml(My.Resources.Info)

i get the error 'Illegal characters in path'

i'm assuming it is because ReadXml expects a filename, which
'My.Resources.Descrip' is not. i was able to read in the text of
'My.Resources.Descrip' into a text box, so the content is there.

how can i make this work?

thanks

ray

[cduffy]

The only overload that takes a string for ReadXml and ReadXmlSchema is
for a filename, that's why you are getting the error. One of the other
overloads takes a stream, so...

MyDs.ReadXmlSchema(new System.IO.StringReader(My.Resources.Descrip))
My.Ds.ReadXml(new System.IO.StringReader(My.Resources.Info))

Hope this helps

ray well wrote:

i saved the state of a data set and table via

MyDs.WriteXmlSchema("MyDs.xsd")
MyDs.WriteXml("MyDs.xml")

i was able to read them back in and display the info in the database by

MyDs.ReadXmlSchema("MyDs.xsd")
MyDs.ReadXml("MyDs.xml")

i put the 2 files into my project resources and named them Descrip and Info,
but when i tried reading them back thru

MyDs.ReadXmlSchema(My.Resources.Descrip)
MyDs.ReadXml(My.Resources.Info)

i get the error 'Illegal characters in path'

i'm assuming it is because ReadXml expects a filename, which
'My.Resources.Descrip' is not. i was able to read in the text of
'My.Resources.Descrip' into a text box, so the content is there.

how can i make this work?

thanks

ray