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Bukk94
Bukk94

Reputation: 429

Place WinSCP.exe in project resources for WinSCP .NET assembly

I'm using WinSCPnet.dll in my project and to run correctly it needs WinSCP.exe in the launch directory e.g. project_path/obj/Debug. But if I want to use my program, it needs to have this .exe file all the time in the same folder otherwise the program will crash.

Is it possible to place WinSCP.exe into project resources so I don't have to place it in the same directory every time I move it?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1456

Answers (1)

Martin Prikryl
Martin Prikryl

Reputation: 202232

The winscp.exe has to exist as a real file, at the moment you call the Session.Open.

So while you can store the winscp.exe to your application resources, you have to extract it somewhere (e.g. to a temporary folder), and set the Session.ExecutablePath accordingly, before you call the Session.Open.

Inspired by your question, I have added instructions for Embedding WinSCP executable as resource to the assembly documentation.

Upvotes: 2

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