Get relative path to file at design time
c#, relative-path, wpf, xaml
Solution
Here is what I did :
var path = "SampleData/stub.xml";
var res = Application.GetResourceStream(new Uri(path, UriKind.Relative));
xml = new StreamReader(res.Stream).ReadToEnd();
Problem
I am building a Windows phone 8 app. At design time I load a sample XML file to get sample data. It works well but I want to use path to file that is relative to solution root so it can work for all developpers with the same code. Here is my current code: ``` var path = @"C:\Users\Tom\MyProject\SampleData\stub.xml"; xml = new StreamReader(path).ReadToEnd(); ``` I tried a relative path like @"SampleData\stub.xml". It works on phone but at design time I get this error: DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\SampleData\login.xml'.