Load file from resource

Wai Ha Lee 8, 63 63 gold badges 57 57 silver badges 86 86 bronze badges. The argument for GetManifestResourceStream needs the path as adrian indicates. If it helps anyone, that path is like what SimpleCoder shows in the example: MyNamespace.

I had previously tried MyNamespace. Ext but that results in a null. If you have your resource not directly in the project root, but in some subfolder, don't forget to put this folder name in resourceName as well e. FileExtention" — Sasha. One important point not covered here. If you saved your file as an alternative encoding type to cope with odd characters in my case UTF8 , you may get an empty file back when you read the stream.

UTF8 — Kinetic. Show 14 more comments. You can add a file as a resource using two separate methods. Method 1: Add existing file, set property to Embedded Resource Add the file to your project, then set the type to Embedded Resource. Method 2: Add file to Resources. StayOnTarget 9, 9 9 gold badges 43 43 silver badges 66 66 bronze badges. Contango Contango A third method is to add the file to the project, then set "Copy to Output Directory" to "True".

On compile, the file is copied into the output dir, and you can read the file using normal means. Example: in a WPF app when you want to display an image. Maslow Setting the build action to 'Resource' creates a linked resource, whereas setting the build action to 'Embedded Resource' compiles the resource into the output assembly. The term 'linked resource' is a fancy term for 'copy the file into the output directory on compile' you can then read the file at runtime using any normal method.

For more on the difference between these two types, see Adding and Editing Resources Visual C at msdn. If you would like to use resources this way, but dynamically, just instead of this: Properties.

This answer actually helped me figure out what I was still missing: setting "Build Action: Embedded Resource" in the files. I was wondering why they didn't show up. Now I'm wondering why this isn't the default setting. Is there any reason why you would add a file as a resource and not have it embedded? Example, from the page I posted: Note : need to add using System.

Show "Error accessing resources! Steve 2, 2 2 gold badges 30 30 silver badges 47 47 bronze badges. Chris Laplante Chris Laplante GetManifestResourceNames ; This method could be very useful when you want to learn the exact resource name. Taken from question stackoverflow.

Community Bot 1 1 1 silver badge. Andrew Hill Andrew Hill 1, 1 1 gold badge 25 25 silver badges 30 30 bronze badges. YourFileName; — ouflak. Actually you can go to the resources. Ami Tavory Night Walker Night Walker Could you please explain this more? Also, I don't have a Propersites. Resources class, I get a The name 'Properties' does not exist in the current context error when compiling your code. This will only work if you embed the file into Resources. ToString ;.

GetString Properties. Amber 8 8 silver badges 21 21 bronze badges. Peter Gfader Peter Gfader 7, 8 8 gold badges 52 52 silver badges 55 55 bronze badges. This is wrong. Dots work. Yes they work but they act as Directory separator.

I tried it. GetManifestResourceStream can access embedded resources with more than one dot in the filename. I had a same problem in. NET 4. Files with dots in name were not even added to resource collection. Method assembly. GetManifestResourceNames returns empty list to me. Later I've found out that problem was only with language code.

Still correct in Thanks a lot for this, I was getting crazy with this. Show 2 more comments. GetManifestResourceStream string. Timmerz Timmerz 5, 5 5 gold badges 30 30 silver badges 47 47 bronze badges. Where predicate.

GetAssembly typeof TAssembly ; return assembly. GetString Resources. GetString content, 0, content. Philippe 3, 3 3 gold badges 36 36 silver badges 55 55 bronze badges. Sith Sith 2, 23 23 silver badges 21 21 bronze badges.

In the Name box choose an appropriate name, for instance Resources and click the button Add. The resource file Resources. Actually, two files are created, there is also an auto-generated C class Resources.

Improve this answer. Paul Vargas Paul Vargas The getFile method of java. You shouldn't even try to convert it to a File; just call openStream and read from that. Check this project, solves resources folder scanning: github.

For those seeking sanity, this post brings you all the way to getting the resource as a String stackoverflow. Should the InputStream not be closed? Here is one quick solution with the use of Guava : import com. Charsets; import com. Datageek Datageek The docs say that this about the getResource method: 'getResource java.

String ' is declared in unstable class 'com. Resources' marked with Beta. Should people really be using methods from an unstable class? For java after 1. For example, with maven: mvn clean package So the files you added to resources folder will get into maven build and become available to the application. Yan Khonski Yan Khonski Thanks, saved me from thinking I was losing my mind!

Bimales Mandal Bimales Mandal 3 3 silver badges 4 4 bronze badges. Programmers should always be concerned about performance. While premature optimization is certainly to be avoided, knowing the more efficient approach to take is always good. It's like knowing the difference between LinkedList and ArrayList and when to use one or the other.

Marvo: Programmers must always be concerned about quality, capabilities and ease of maintenance, performance is at the queue. ArifMustafa ArifMustafa 3, 5 5 gold badges 36 36 silver badges 46 46 bronze badges. Can you tell us the full name of Font class? Import the following: import java.

IOException; import java. FileNotFoundException; import java. BufferedReader; import java. InputStreamReader; import java. InputStream; import java. FileReader; import java. URISyntaxException; import java. Piyush Mittal Piyush Mittal 1, 1 1 gold badge 17 17 silver badges 39 39 bronze badges. Bhawna Joshi Bhawna Joshi 10 10 bronze badges. Your email address will not be published. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

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