"Armin Zingler" wrote:

> "guy" <g**@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb
> > vb2005
> > i have a resource file (MyFile.resources) created using resgen.
> > how do i inculde it within my assembly? i have tried adding it to my
> > project but it does not get built into the exe, so i get a
> > MissingManifestResourceException when trying to use resources within
> > it.
> >
> > any ideas?
>
>
> Select the file in the solution explorer. In the property window, did you
> set the "build action" to embedded resource?
>
>
> Or, maybe you misspelled the resource name. Try this at application startup
> to see the embedded resources:
>
> MsgBox(String.Join(vbCrLf, _
> System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.GetManifestResourceNames _
> ))
>
>
>
> Armin
>
>

"Armin Zingler" wrote:

> "guy" <g**@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb
> > thanks Armin,
> > yes it has Build Action set to Embedded Resource.
> > looking at it witl ILDasm does not show the resource, nor does
> > GetMainfestResourceNames in your example - i must be doing something
> > else wrong!
>
>
> Hmm.. strange. I tried the same now: I used "reseditor.exe" (from the
> samples), added one bitmap, saved as "test.resources", added the file to the
> project ("embedded resource" is set by default) and built the exe.
> GetManifestResourceNames returns
>
>
>     WindowsApplication1.Form1.resources
>     WindowsApplication1.test.resources
>     WindowsApplication1.Resources.resources
>
> where "test.resources" is the embedded file.
>
> I currently have no clue what's going wrong in your project.... I'll let you
> know if something comes into my mind.
>
>
>
> Armin
>
>