XamlReader.Load Method (XmlReader) (System.Windows.Markup)

Load Method (XmlReader)

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2008/.NET Framework 3.5

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.NET Framework 3.0

.NET Framework Class Library

XamlReader..::.Load Method (XmlReader)

Updated: November 2007

Reads the XAML markup in the specified XmlReader and returns an Object that corresponds to the root of the specified XML.

Namespace: System.Windows.Markup
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Shared Function Load ( _
    reader As XmlReader _
) As Object

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim reader As XmlReader
Dim returnValue As Object

returnValue = XamlReader.Load(reader)

public static Object Load(
    XmlReader reader
)

Visual C++

public:
static Object^ Load(
    XmlReader^ reader
)

public static Object Load(
    XmlReader reader
)

JScript

public static function Load(
    reader : XmlReader
) : Object

XAML

You cannot use methods in XAML.

Parameters

reader: Type: System.Xml..::.XmlReader
The XAML to load.

Return Value

Type: System..::.Object

The root of the deserialized tree.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	reader is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Examples

The following example converts a Button into a string using the XamlWriter class. The string is then loaded back into a Button using the static Load method on the XamlReader class.

// Create the Button.
Button origianlButton = new Button();
origianlButton.Height = 50;
origianlButton.Width = 100;
origianlButton.Background = Brushes.AliceBlue;
origianlButton.Content = "Click Me";

// Save the Button to a string.
string savedButton = XamlWriter.Save(origianlButton);

// Load the button
StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(savedButton);
XmlReader xmlReader = XmlReader.Create(stringReader);
Button readerLoadButton = (Button)XamlReader.Load(xmlReader);

Platforms

Windows Vista

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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