I'm trying to embed an XML file into a C# console application via Right clicking on file -> Build Action -> Embedded Resource.
How do I then access this embedded resource?
XDocument XMLDoc = XDocument.Load(???);
Edit: Hi all, despite all the bashing this question received, here's an update.
I managed to get it working by using
XDocument.Load(new System.IO.StreamReader(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream("Namespace.FolderName.FileName.Extension")))
It didn't work previously because the folder name containing the resource file within the project was not included (none of the examples I found seemed to have that).
Thanks everyone who tried to help.
Something along these lines
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Xml;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var stream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream("ConsoleApplication1.XMLFile1.xml");
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream);
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(reader.ReadToEnd());
}
}
}
Here is a link to the Microsoft doc that describes how to do it. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319292