.net resource extractor

[isbat1]

I need to extract some embedded resources back to disk from a .net
assembly.

What tool do I need, and where do I get it?

[Kent Boogaart]

Try reflector and / or resourcer: http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/

HTH,
Kent

<is****@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I need to extract some embedded resources back to disk from a .net
assembly.

What tool do I need, and where do I get it?

[Richard Grimes]

is****@yahoo.com wrote:

I need to extract some embedded resources back to disk from a .net
assembly.

What tool do I need, and where do I get it?

In addition to Kent's reply, ildasm will also extract resources if you
run from the command line:

ildasm /text /out:test.il test.dll

Of course you can write your own code to do this. look up
Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream and related functions

Richard
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[isbat1]

I tried both of them. Reflector lets you extract all the resources as
a big wad, which is no more helpful than if I hadn't extracted them at
all. Resourcer lets you add things TO a resource file, but it won't
take them out. Neither program is any help.

[Kent Boogaart]

My version of reflector lets you both view and extract individual resources.
I have the latest version since it auto updates.

<is****@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I tried both of them. Reflector lets you extract all the resources as
a big wad, which is no more helpful than if I hadn't extracted them at
all. Resourcer lets you add things TO a resource file, but it won't
take them out. Neither program is any help.

[Kent Boogaart]

Unless you're talking about extracting individual resources from an embedded
resource file (as opposed to individual resource files). In that case, see
Richard's suggestion.

"Kent Boogaart" <ke****@internode.on.net> wrote in message
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My version of reflector lets you both view and extract individual
resources. I have the latest version since it auto updates.

<is****@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:11*********************@g44g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...

I tried both of them. Reflector lets you extract all the resources as
a big wad, which is no more helpful than if I hadn't extracted them at
all. Resourcer lets you add things TO a resource file, but it won't
take them out. Neither program is any help.

[Richard Grimes]

Kent Boogaart wrote:

Unless you're talking about extracting individual resources from an
embedded resource file (as opposed to individual resource files). In
that case, see Richard's suggestion.

Well, if you have a .resources file for compiled resources you can
decompile with resgen (this tool both compiles and decompiles
resources):

resgen test.resources test.resx

Again, this is done with various classes in the System.Resources
namespace, so it is relatively easy to write your own.

Richard
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