Using files that are located under the project?

tkrn

I have a two files lets say File1.BMP and File2.TXT which i want to write on the hard drive. How do i access those files that are included the project? I am looking to have these two files to be compiled into the executable and be extracted at a certain point in my application. I've tried looking around but have not found that much. Thank you in advance.

Dr Emmett Brown

You can add them to resources. All you have there is embedded in your app executable. However you can't easily extract them to a folder. You can use an installer to do that. To add anything to resources just go to the properties folder under your project (in the solution explorer) and edit the Resources.resx file. You can add existent or new files. After you add them you can access them through Properties.File1 for example. Cheers,

rotter

realJSOP

rotter512 wrote:

However you can't easily extract them to a folder.

Wrong, mooselips...

ResourceManager rm = new ResourceManager("AppName.Properties.Resources", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());

// and if the viewer swf file doesn't already exist in the folder
byte\[\] stream = (byte\[\])rm.GetObject("MyResource");
string filename = "myresource.bmp";

if (stream != null)
{
	// and write the file to disk
	try
	{
		using (FileStream streamTarget = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.None))
		using (BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(streamTarget))
		{
			// make the file hidden when it's created on the hard drive (included because it's cool)
			File.SetAttributes(filename, File.GetAttributes(viewerFile) | FileAttributes.Hidden); 
			// write the contents
			writer.Write(stream);
		}
	}
	catch (Exception ex)
	{
		if (ex != null) {};
	}
}

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modified on Monday, August 25, 2008 11:18 AM

realJSOP

Look at my reply to rotter512... Once you add the files as resources and compile the app, it's a piece of cake to extract them at runtime.

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chaiguy1337 · modified on Monday, August 25, 2008 11:18 AM

He said easily. :P

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chaiguy1337

You can also add the files directly to the project and set their build type to "embedded resource". I'm not sure if that results in the same thing or something different, but they'll definitely be embedded in the file.

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realJSOP

That *is* easy.

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chaiguy1337

Anything dealing with streams is, imo, not "easy". "Possible" would be more appropriate. To me, easy would be: ResourceManager.CopyToFile( filePath ); But I guess you meant easy for you.

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