How to add binary data to executable ?

[Oleg Subachev]

I need to add binary data to C# executable and then read it back
during execution or from another application.

In Delphi for Win32 I used the following:
- created binary Win32 resource with needed data;
- linked this resource with executable through {$RESOURCE <filename>}
directive;
- during execution I used TResourceStream to read binary data;
- from another application I used
LoadLibraryEx/EnumResourceNames/FindResource/
LoadResource/LockResource to read the same binary data.

How to implement the same functionality from C# ?

Oleg Subachev

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Oleg Subachev wrote:

I need to add binary data to C# executable and then read it back
during execution or from another application.

In Delphi for Win32 I used the following:
- created binary Win32 resource with needed data;
- linked this resource with executable through {$RESOURCE <filename>}
directive;
- during execution I used TResourceStream to read binary data;
- from another application I used
LoadLibraryEx/EnumResourceNames/FindResource/
LoadResource/LockResource to read the same binary data.

How to implement the same functionality from C# ?

Add it as an embedded resource in your project (assuming you're using
Visual Studio) and then use Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream.

Jon

[Oleg Subachev]

> Add it as an embedded resource in your project (assuming you're using

Visual Studio) and then use Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream.

Thanks.

Then ResourceReader( GetManifestResourceStream ) allows read
name=value pairs containing in the resource.

Oleg Subachev