Read XML file and convert to string

static string GetXmlString(string strFile)
{
	// Load the xml file into XmlDocument object.
	XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
	try
	{
		xmlDoc.Load(strFile);
	}
	catch (XmlException e)
	{
		Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
	}
	// Now create StringWriter object to get data from xml document.
	StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
	XmlTextWriter xw = new XmlTextWriter(sw);
	xmlDoc.WriteTo(xw);
	return sw.ToString();
}	

Private string GetXmlString(string strFile)
{
//string strFile = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/YourFile.xml");	//if you want to use server.mappath use this and change your path accordingly
	XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();	
	xmlDoc.Load(strFile);
	
	// Use StringWriter object to get data from xml-document.
	StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
	XmlTextWriter xw = new XmlTextWriter(sw);
	xmlDoc.WriteTo(xw);
	return sw.ToString();
}