Embedding resource in a C++/CLI project

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I'd like to embed some files (text files, maybe graphics) in a C++/CLI project -- preferably the same way I can do in C# project. This might be however impossible, as I found in this post: http://bytes.com/topic/net/answers/571530-loading-markup-xamlreader-load-resource-file#post2240705. This was written three years ago, so maybe now there is some way to do this (in VS2k8)?

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 31 '09 at 17:13

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Under C++/Cli project go to “Properties…”, then look under “Linker”, and then “Input”, you’ll see the list of embedded files under “Embed Managed Resource File”.

answered Dec 31 '09 at 17:13

Hamish Grubijan

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If you add a file here called test.dat, then you can access it like this: Stream^ stm = Assembly::GetExecutingAssembly()->GetManifestResourceStream ("test.dat"); – Tarydon Dec 31 '09 at 17:28
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Also, check for nullptr just in case. – Hamish Grubijan Dec 31 '09 at 23:08

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 20 '15 at 21:00

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Go to file properties, General, Item Type, select Compiled Managed Resource

Works in VS2013

To access resource in program:

Stream^ stream = Assembly::GetExecutingAssembly()->GetManifestResourceStream("file.txt");

answered May 20 '15 at 21:00

Ondrej Petrzilka

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 16 '11 at 16:53

This is an embellishment of Tarydon's comment, showing how to save the embedded resource to a file:

using namespace System::IO;
...
String^ tmpFilename = System::IO::Path::GetTempFileName();
try
{
   Stream^ readStream = Assembly::GetExecutingAssembly()->GetManifestResourceStream("embedded_file_name.xyz");
   if(readStream != nullptr)
   {
       FileStream^ writeStream = gcnew FileStream(tmpFilename, FileMode::Create);
       readStream->CopyTo(writeStream);
       readStream->Close();
       writeStream->Close(); // Required to flush the buffer & have non-zero filesize
   }
}
catch (...)
{
    // Do something?
}

Embedding resource in a C++/CLI project

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