public MainPage()
{
// our web downloader
WebClient downloader = new WebClient();
// our web address to download, notice the UriKind.Absolute
Uri uri = new Uri("http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/business/rss.xml", UriKind.Absolute);
// we need to wait for the file to download completely, so lets hook the DownloadComplete Event
downloader.DownloadStringCompleted += new DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler(FileDownloadComplete);
// start the download
downloader.DownloadStringAsync(uri);
}
// this event will fire if the download was successful
void FileDownloadComplete(object sender, DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs e)
{
// e.Result will contain the files byte for byte
// your settings
XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
settings.DtdProcessing = DtdProcessing.Ignore;
// create a memory stream for us to use from the bytes of the downloaded file
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(e.Result ?? ""));
// create your reader from the stream of bytes
XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(ms, settings);
// do whatever you want with the reader
// ........
// close
reader.Close()
}