Cant load embedded resource with GetManifestResourceStream()

Question

I am embedding a binary file with the /linkres: compiler argument, but when i try to load it with:

System.Reflection.Assembly myAssembly = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
string[] names = myAssembly.GetManifestResourceNames(); // it is really there by its name "shader.tkb"
Stream myStream = myAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream( names[0] );

this leads to a

 Unhandled Exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'shader.tkb' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: The system cannot find the file specified. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070002)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.GetResource(RuntimeAssembly assembly, String resourceName, UInt64& length, StackCrawlMarkHandle stackMark, Boolean skipSecurityCheck)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream(String name, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean skipSecurityCheck)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream(String name)

What is the problem here?

Answer 1

1 - The file's build action should be Embedded Resource.
2 - You can’t just specify the resource name. You have to specify the entire assembly name before the resource name

Assembly assembly = this.GetType().Assembly;
assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(
    assembly.GetName().Name + "." + "SubFolderNameIfAny" + ".shader.tkb");