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

Load Method (XmlReader)

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.NET Framework Class Library

XamlReader..::.Load Method (XmlReader)

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

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
)

JScript

public static function Load(
    reader : XmlReader
) : Object

XAML

You cannot use methods in XAML.

Parameters

reader: Type: System.Xml..::.XmlReader
The XmlReader that has already loaded the markup to load in XML form.

Return Value

Type: System..::.Object
The object that is 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 originalButton = new Button();
originalButton.Height = 50;
originalButton.Width = 100;
originalButton.Background = Brushes.AliceBlue;
originalButton.Content = "Click Me";

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

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

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003

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.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0

Reference

XamlReader Class

XamlReader Members

Load Overload

System.Windows.Markup Namespace

XamlWriter

Other Resources

Serialization Limitations of XamlWriter.Save

XAML Overview