how to save canvas c# wpf

Question

i work a project in visual studio 2022 and i need to save canvas and parents as a file (not as an image) please help me because it's very important for me...

Answer 1

You could try to refer to the XamlWriter/XamReader classes which can help you implement save and load back functionality.(It saves Canvas as .xaml file)
MainWindow.xaml:

<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Name="sp">  
        <Canvas x:Name="c" Width="230" Height="200" Background="AliceBlue">  
            <MediaElement x:Name="gif" Source="Ra.gif" LoadedBehavior="Play" Visibility="Visible"/>  
        </Canvas>  
        <Button x:Name="save" Content="save" Width="100" Height="40" Click="save_Click"/>  
        <Button x:Name="load" Content="save" Width="100" Height="40" Click="load_Click"/>  
    </StackPanel>  

Code behind:

 private void save_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)  
    {  
      FileStream fs = File.Open(@"C:\Desktop\fileName.xaml", FileMode.Create);  
      XamlWriter.Save(c, fs);  
      fs.Close();  
    }  

    private void load_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)  
    {  
      FileStream fs = File.Open(@"C:\Desktop\fileName.xaml", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);  
      Canvas savedCanvas = XamlReader.Load(fs) as Canvas;  
      fs.Close();  

      sp.Children.Add(savedCanvas);  

    }  

The result:

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