Extract/Move files from Embeddable resource

Question

I have a few exe's that I would like to store with my program upon being launched.

So far I have added an executable and 2 dll's as a resource. I have also set them to a "Embedded Resource" in there properties. There is one option where I could "Copy To Output Directory" However I would like to store them in another folder possibly

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData

Instead of where my program is launched.

I have this so far from reading a few forums:

    Assembly _assembly;
    Stream _exemin;
    Stream _dllmin;
    Stream _dllmin2;

    _assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
    _exemin = _assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("LitecoinBN.minerd.exe");
    _dllmin = _assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("LitecoinBN.libcurl-4.dll");
    _dllmin2 = _assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("LitecoinBN.pthreadGC2.dll");

However I'm not sure on how to extract these resources?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 23 '12 at 19:57

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Look into the FileStream and Stream.CopyTo()

answered Aug 23 '12 at 19:57

Sam Axe

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Could I get an example of how this would be used? – user1372896 Aug 23 '12 at 20:15
There is an example on the msdn page I linked you to. See the first CopyTo(stream) overload. – Sam Axe Aug 23 '12 at 20:36

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream returns a Stream object.

.Net 4.0 and above

You can do whatever you want with this stream, like writing it to a file. If you are using .Net 4.0 or above, the stream class has a CopyTo method to allow you to copy a stream to another stream.

Below 4.0

If you are using a version of .Net below 4.0, you can see this answer by Jon Skeet that has an example of copying a stream to a FileStream, ie: writing it to a file.

Extract/Move files from Embeddable resource

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