Embedded resource in .Net Core libraries

Question

I just have started looking into .Net Core, and I don't see classical resources and anything what looks like resources. In classical .Net class libraries I was able to add, for example, text filtes with some script to my project, than I can add these files to project's resources. After that I could easily use that by the following way:

Connection.Execure(Properties.Resources.MySuperScript);

I see that there isn't such feature in .Net Core libraries, at least I don't see. Is there an alternative in .Net Core to store some statical data as an embedded resource in libraries? And how to use that if it exists?

Answer 1

UPDATE:

.NET Core 1.1 and later have dropped project.json and returned to .csproj files. This changes Step 2, but not all that much. The necessary lines are very similar:

<ItemGroup>
  <Content Remove="_fonts/OpenSans.ttf" />
  <Content Remove="_fonts/OpenSans-Bold.ttf" />
  <Content Remove="_fonts/OpenSans-Italic.ttf" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
  <EmbeddedResource Include="_fonts/OpenSans.ttf" />
  <EmbeddedResource Include="_fonts/OpenSans-Bold.ttf" />
  <EmbeddedResource Include="_fonts/OpenSans-Italic.ttf" />
</ItemGroup>

There may be a similar *.tff form; unconfirmed.

Steps 1 and 3 are unchanged.

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To use embedded resources in .NET Core 1.0 project do the following:

1. Add your embedded file(s) as usual.

   Example: some FONT files on a directory named "_fonts"

   

2. Modify "project.json" to include the related resources.

   In my case:

    "buildOptions": {
       "embed": {
         "include": [
           "_fonts/*.ttf"    
         ]
       } 
     },
   

3. Access the embedded resource in code.

   var assembly = typeof(MyLibrary.MyClass).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
   Stream resource = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("MyLibrary._fonts.OpenSans.ttf");
   

   The key point is to use the right name on GetManifestResourceStream call. You have to use [assembly name].[directory].[file name].