reading a text file from the resource file

moonshaddow

hi i am using a stream reader to read a text file from the resource file, i have tried two way to read each line and put it into i combobox but i get the following errors, can someone point out where i am going wrong, thanks in advance

Using readfile As StreamReader = File.OpenText(My.Resources.mages)'Illegal characters in path.
Do
line = readfile.ReadLine
My.Forms.Main.cbspells.Items.Add(line)
Loop Until line Is Nothing
readfile.Close()
End Using

Using readfile As StreamReader = New StreamReader(My.Resources.magea)'Empty path name is not legal.
Do
line = readfile.ReadLine
My.Forms.Main.cbabilities.Items.Add(line)
Loop Until line Is Nothing
readfile.Close()
End Using

J.Hardy

Ashutosh Phoujdar

Can you please try something like this :

    Dim line As String
    For Each line In My.Resources.mages.Split(System.Environment.NewLine)
        If line <> String.Empty Then
            My.Forms.Main.cbspells.Items.Add(line)
        End If
    Next
    For Each line In My.Resources.magea.Split(System.Environment.NewLine)
        If line <> String.Empty Then
            My.Forms.Main.cbabilities.Items.Add(line)
        End If
    Next

Since My.Resource.<<resource-name>> will return content of resource, and it is not suitable to reading with StreamReader. Please reply if this works for you :)

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moonshaddow

that works fine thank you :thumbsup:

J.Hardy