How Do I Copy An Embedded Resource to a Directory?

[That Asian Guy]

I did some reading about embedded resources but they all dealt with pictures and other runtime functions. How do I copy the file from a resource? Thanks.

[N a v a n e e t h]

That Asian Guy wrote:

How do I copy the file from a resource?

You get them to a stream using Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream[^] and save the stream to a file.

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[realJSOP]

This assumes your resource is in the executing assembly, and be careful - the "executing assembly" is the assembly in which the code is located :

ResourceManager rm = new ResourceManager("MyAssemblyName.Properties.Resources",
Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());
byte[] streamViewer = (byte[])rm.GetObject("MightyViewer");
if (streamViewer != null)
{
// and write the SWF file to disk
try
{
using (FileStream streamTarget = new FileStream(viewerFile,
FileMode.Create,
FileAccess.ReadWrite,
FileShare.None))
using (BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(streamTarget))
{
// as an added bonus, this is how you hide a resource file so
// the user doesn't know it's there.
File.SetAttributes(viewerFile, File.GetAttributes(viewerFile) |
FileAttributes.Hidden);
writer.Write(streamViewer);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
if (ex != null) {};
}
}

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