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Peter
Peter

Reputation: 864

How to identify where a resource is being used?

Background: I recently updated my WinForms app from .NET 1.1 to .NET 4.0 and as part of that I also gave it a bit of a facelift.

Previously I was dynamically loading .ico files that had been embedded into the main app .exe into 3 image list components (small, medium, large) that sit on the apps main form.

All the .ico files lived in an /Images folder of the project. However part of the facelift replaced all these files with prettier .png files of the appropriate sizes. I have now added them directly into the 3 image list components and so they exist in the /Images folder for reference.

Problem: I've come to clear up the project and have SVN deleted the .ico files from the /Images folder however when I come to build the project it fails with the error: "error reading resource file '[full path to the project]\Images\lookupAdd_32.ico' - the system cannot find the file specified"

If I SVN revert the deletion then it builds and runs fine again. If I search the entire solution for lookupAdd_32.ico it finds nothing so I'm at a bit of a loss at how to identify where the hell it's being used. Any pointers much appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 431

Answers (1)

Peter
Peter

Reputation: 864

Turns out that unlike other .ico files that were excluded from the /Images folder in the solution Visual Studio did not seem to clear up correctly.

All my .ico's were configured to be embedded resources and a tag had been left in the csproj file. So having SVN reverted the deletion and included it in the project again I:

  • set the ico's build action to none
  • excluded it from the project
  • cleaned solution
  • SVN deleted the file, presto it now compiles without issue, yay!

Upvotes: 1

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