Looking for file path of an embedded resource

[james]

What class / method should I be using to get the full path to
an embedded resource ? In my case I have an .xml file
that my app uses, it is set as embedded resource, and
I have a control that needs to load it, but I do not want to hard
code the path since that may change for different installs.
i.e. GetPathForResourceOfName ( myResourceFileName )

thanks,

JIM

[Lee Chapman]

You can't get the filename of an embedded resource because it's embedded!
i.e. The contents of the file is copied into the assembly (DLL or EXE)
during the build process.

- Lee

"james" <no****@hypercon.net> wrote in message
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Lee, yes I need the file name with full path

that's why I was thinking of GetPathForResourceOfName (
myResourceFileName )
this would give me the path for a resopurce of some name in my embedded
resources.
My control already has the code to load the file given the name.

thanks,

JIM

"Lee Chapman" <Please Reply To Group> wrote in message
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Do you want the data in the file or the filename? I use the following to
access the contents of an embedded file:

Stream stream =
Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourc eStream(name);

Note that the name needs to include the default namespace for the project. e.g. If the default namespace was My.Namespace and the file with its build action set to "Embedded Resource" was called TextFile1.txt then you'd need to pass "My.Namespace.TextFile1.txt" to GetManifestResourceStream().

You can check what the name to use for a built assembly by loading the
assembly into ildasm.exe, opening the manifest, and looking for the

relevant

.mresource entry.

e.g.
.mresource public My.Namespace.TextFile1.txt
{
}
- Lee
"james" <no****@hypercon.net> wrote in message
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What class / method should I be using to get the full path to
an embedded resource ? In my case I have an .xml file
that my app uses, it is set as embedded resource, and
I have a control that needs to load it, but I do not want to hard
code the path since that may change for different installs.
i.e. GetPathForResourceOfName ( myResourceFileName )

thanks,

JIM