How to get the content of Embedded file in assembly?

First, to make a file(like .xml, .html, .jpg or .gif) embedded into the assembly so that when building the project it is included into the .dll of the project, you need to go to Properties of the file and select "Build Action" property to "Embeded Resources".

To get the content of the Embedded resources into your class, you can write following code in C#.

        /// <summary>

        /// Get conntent of the embeded resources

        /// </summary>

        /// <param name="resourceName"></param>

        /// <returns></returns>

        public static Stream GetEmbeddedResourceContent(string resourceName)

        {

            try

            {

                System.Reflection.Assembly assembly = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(Class1));

                Stream str = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(assembly.GetName().Name + "." + resourceName);



                if (str == null)

                    throw new Exception("Could find the embedded resource '" + resourceName + "'");

                return str;

            }

            catch (Exception e)

            {

                throw new Exception(e.Message);

            }

        }

In VB.NET, you can write following code.

''' <summary>

''' Get conntent of the embeded resources

''' </summary>

''' <param name="resourceName"></param>

''' <returns></returns>

Public Shared Function GetEmbeddedResourceContent(resourceName As String) As Stream

    Try

        Dim assembly As System.Reflection.Assembly = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetAssembly(GetType(Class1))

        Dim str As Stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(assembly.GetName().Name + "." + resourceName)



        If str = Nothing Then

            Throw New Exception("Could find the embedded resource '" + resourceName + "'")

        End If

        Return str

    Catch e As Exception

        Throw New Exception(e.Message)

    End Try

End Function

Thanks