Error loading "SpriteFont1". File not found

Question

I have an issue while trying to load a font file with the extension ".xnb" and I am receiving following error:

Error loading "SpriteFont1". File not found.

For following code:

public static Dictionary<string, T> LoadListContent<T>(this ContentManager contentManager, string contentFolder)
        {
            DirectoryInfo dir = new DirectoryInfo(contentManager.RootDirectory + "/" + contentFolder);
            if (!dir.Exists)
                throw new DirectoryNotFoundException();
            Dictionary<String, T> result = new Dictionary<String, T>();

            FileInfo[] files = dir.GetFiles("*.*");
            foreach (FileInfo file in files)
            {
                string key = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(file.Name);


                result[key] = contentManager.Load<T>(key);
            }
            return result;
        }

The file is actually there and I am getting here FileInfo[] files = dir.GetFiles("*.*"); one file which is present in the folder.

I am using the function like this:

fontList = ContentLoader.LoadListContent<SpriteFont>(Content, "Fonts");

Is there something which I have overlooked?

Answer 1

Reflecting the ContentManager.Load(assetName) method, it gives this note:

assetName:

Asset name, relative to the loader root directory, and not including the .xnb extension.

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Even though files has the needed copy of "SpriteFont1" in it, the ContentManager isn't looking for the file in files. It's looking for "SpriteFont1" in the ContentManager's root directory /Content . Try changing the ContentManager's root directory to /Content/contentFolder.

Content.RootDirectory = "Content/contentFolder";//amend the line in the Game1 constructor

or change key to:

string key = "/contentFolder/" + Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(file.Name);