ParserContext incorrectly turns relative paths into absolute

Question

If I understand well, ParserContext permits to resolve relative paths.

For example I can specify an image using "Images\1.jpg" while the ParserContext specify the Base Uri to resolve this relative path.

The problem is during save. If I use XamlWriter.Save the absolute path is saved so if the xaml is moved to another folder, the xaml resources cannot be reloaded anymore.

So what is the trick to solve this?

Thanks,
Raffaele

Answer 1

This is a limitation of XAML serialization. See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms754193.aspx

Best advice would be not to use it and implement your own method of serializing objects, which is what most xaml editors do by keeping a logical copy of the tree and implementing their own serializers.

Answer 2

Thanks for your reply...

anyway this makes ParserContext useless since it's a one-way conversion instead of a real "context".

Answer 3

It's handy when reading XAML files, not when writting them. Hence the name ParserContext. :)