gif Image

[Karmendra Suthar]

Hi, I embedded some files in the assembly, html(text) images(gif, jpg, png). What i want to do is extract all the files to a tmp directory. I had SUCCESS in getting all the files to tmp directory. I open the text files..PERFECT. but images are not right, it says corrupt. How do I get the images extracted correctly from embedded resource and save it to disk. Following is my piece of code.

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Assembly _assembly;
Stream _imageStream;
StreamReader _StreamReader;

        StreamWriter \_StreamWriter;
        string dirpath = Application.StartupPath + "\\\\help";
        string\[\] resourceNames = this.GetType().Assembly.GetManifestResourceNames();
        foreach (string resourceName in resourceNames)
        {
            //get resource if it is help
            if (resourceName.Contains(".help"))
            {
                MessageBox.Show(resourceName);
                try
                {
                    if (!Directory.Exists(dirpath))
                    {
                        DirectoryInfo di = Directory.CreateDirectory(dirpath);
                        di.Attributes = FileAttributes.Directory | FileAttributes.Hidden;
                        di.CreateSubdirectory("images");
                    }
                    string filename = Application.StartupPath + "\\\\help\\\\";

                    //if image, it should save in image folder
                    if (resourceName.Contains(".images")) filename = filename + "images\\\\";
                    //get the filename and append it to the filename
                    string\[\] filenamearray = resourceName.Split('.');
                    int length = filenamearray.Length;
                    filename = filename + filenamearray\[length - 2\] + "." + filenamearray\[length-1\];

                    string read = null;

                    \_assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
                    \_StreamReader = new StreamReader(\_assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(resourceName));
                    \_StreamWriter = new StreamWriter(filename);

                    while ((read = \_StreamReader.ReadLine()) != null)
                    {
                        \_StreamWriter.WriteLine(read);
                    }
                    \_StreamWriter.Close();
                    \_Strea

[Luc 648011]

images contain binary data, not text, so StreamReader/Writer aren't the right classes, and ReadLine()/WriteLine() aren't the right methods to use here. Use BinaryReader/Writer or alternatively recreate then save the image using Image.FromStream() and Image.Save(). :)

[Karmendra Suthar]

That's so much right thanks so much Luc. Observations: You always reply my questions, thanks again for that. :-D