List all embedded resources in a folder

Question

In my solution a had a folder with a few files. All this files have the Build Action "Embedded Resource".

With this code I can get a file:

assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(assembly.GetName().Name + ".Folder.File.txt");

But is there any way to get all *.txt files in this folder? A list of names or a method to iterate through them all?

score 113 · Accepted Answer · edited May 04 '18 at 23:11

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You could check out

assembly.GetManifestResourceNames()

which returns an array of strings of all the resources contained. You could then filter that list to find all your *.txt files stored as embedded resources.

See MSDN docs for GetManifestResourceNames for details.

edited May 04 '18 at 23:11

Ronan Boiteau

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answered Nov 21 '11 at 07:01

marc_s

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for some reason in `VB.net`, the output does not contain the folder names in which the resource is present vs C# – Clint Feb 08 '20 at 18:30

score 25 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 06 '19 at 10:17

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Try this, returns an array with all .txt files inside Folder directory.

private string[] GetAllTxt()
{
    var executingAssembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
    string folderName = string.Format("{0}.Resources.Folder", executingAssembly.GetName().Name);
    return executingAssembly
        .GetManifestResourceNames()
        .Where(r => r.StartsWith(folderName) && r.EndsWith(".txt"))
        //.Select(r => r.Substring(folderName.Length + 1))
        .ToArray();
}

NOTE: Uncomment the //.Select(... line in order to get the filename.

edited Mar 06 '19 at 10:17

SliverNinja - MSFT

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answered Mar 01 '15 at 06:10

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this should be the answer, it gives precise answer to OP's question – Avi Feb 01 '23 at 12:02

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 21 '11 at 07:02

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have a try with this. here you get all files

string[] embeddedResources = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(T)).GetManifestResourceNames();

T is of course your type. so you can use it generic

answered Nov 21 '11 at 07:02

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score -3 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 07 '13 at 15:32

Just cracked this, use:

Assembly _assembly;
_assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
List<string> filenames = new List<string>();
filenames = _assembly.GetManifestResourceNames().ToList<string>();
List<string> txtFiles = new List<string>();
for (int i = 0; i < filenames.Count(); i++)
{
    string[] items = filenames.ToArray();
    if (items[i].ToString().EndsWith(".txt"))
    {
        txtFiles.Add(items[i].ToString());
    }
}

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