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1teamsah
1teamsah

Reputation: 1933

Access Resources from published application

I embedded some .txt files in the Resources folder. When I run the project, according to selection, the .txt file name is determined.

For example;

The file name is sample017.txt and I keep on textName string variable. This file's full path is :

"../../Resources\" + textName;

And I assign all of this to fileName string variable:

fileName = "../../Resources\\" + textName;

So, I use this string variable for streaming text file:

using (Stream input = File.OpenRead(fileName))

In this form, I can access to sample017.txt file and it works fine in Debugging mode.. But, when I build a setup project and install it any PC, It crashes into an Exception and it can't find the "Resources" folder. How do I manage the same using the Resources in the .exe file folder?

Note: I don't want to copy files to program folder. I want to embed these sources.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 940

Answers (1)

dixus
dixus

Reputation: 478

Try to remove the ../.. from the path, because after deployment for resources is not the same as while debugging locally.

check also this thread:

Deployed application can't find its resources c# Visual Studio 2010

You could also embed your file as resource and load it using Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly. Use GetManifestResourseStream to get the content.

More details about accessing resources you find here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319292

Here is a snipped..

var assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
var res = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("MyNameSpace.TextFile.txt");
var textStreamReader = new StreamReader(res);

regards

Upvotes: 1

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