# TextControl.LoadXMLDatabase Method

> Loads an XML database which is used to create table and field name menu items in the mailings ribbon tab.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Method
- **Introduced:** 23.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.Web.MVC`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.Web` (assembly `TXTextControl.Web.DocumentEditor.dll`, from nuget.org, the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl.Web.MVC > TextControl.LoadXMLDatabase Method
- **729 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/textcontrol/loadxmldatabase-method/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/textcontrol/loadxmldatabase-method/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/textcontrol/loadxmldatabase-method/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Loads an XML database which is used to create table and field name menu items in the mailings ribbon tab.

### Syntax

#### LoadXMLDatabase(string)

Loads an XML database from a file.

```csharp
public TextControl LoadXMLDatabase(string fileName);
```

```vbnet
Public Function LoadXMLDatabase(fileName As String) As TextControl
```

| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| fileName | Specifies an xml file from which the database is loaded. |

#### LoadXMLDatabase(XmlDocument)

Loads an XML database from an XmlDocument object.

```csharp
public TextControl LoadXMLDatabase(XmlDocument xmlDocument);
```

```vbnet
Public Function LoadXMLDatabase(xmlDocument As XmlDocument) As TextControl
```

| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| xmlDocument | Specifies an XmlDocument object from which the database is loaded. |

#### LoadXMLDatabase(FileStream)

Loads an XML database from a file stream.

```csharp
public TextControl LoadXMLDatabase(FileStream fileStream);
```

```vbnet
Public Function LoadXMLDatabase(fileStream As FileStream) As TextControl
```

| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| fileStream | Specifies an xml file from which the database is loaded. The data is loaded from the stream's current position. |

### Return Value

A reference to the `Web.MVC.TextControl` instance to allow method chaining.

### Examples

The following example uses `TextControl.LoadXMLDatabase` in a document-processing workflow.

```csharp
var result = textControl.LoadXMLDatabase(@"App_Data\document.docx");
Console.WriteLine(result);
```

```vbnet
Dim result = textControl.LoadXMLDatabase("App_Data\document.docx")
Console.WriteLine(result)
```

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