Embedding DLL's into .exe in in Visual C# 2010

Question

I\'m working on a C# program that uses iTextSharp.dll and WebCam_Capture.dll. When I build the program, it creates executable in the debug folder and it also copies these tw

Answer 1

I modified Pablo's code a little bit and it worked for me.
It was not getting the DLL's resource name correctly.

IDictionary _libs = new Dictionary();

public Form1()
{
    AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += new ResolveEventHandler(CurrentDomain_AssemblyResolve);
    InitializeComponent();
}

// dll handler
System.Reflection.Assembly CurrentDomain_AssemblyResolve(object sender, ResolveEventArgs args)
{
    string keyName = new AssemblyName(args.Name).Name;

    // If DLL is loaded then don't load it again just return
    if (_libs.ContainsKey(keyName)) return _libs[keyName];

    using (Stream stream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()
           .GetManifestResourceStream(GetDllResourceName("itextsharp.dll")))  // <-- To find out the Namespace name go to Your Project >> Properties >> Application >> Default namespace
    {
        byte[] buffer = new BinaryReader(stream).ReadBytes((int)stream.Length);
        Assembly assembly = Assembly.Load(buffer);
        _libs[keyName] = assembly;
        return assembly;
    }
}

private string GetDllResourceName(string dllName)
{
    string resourceName = string.Empty;
    foreach (string name in Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceNames())
    {
        if (name.EndsWith(dllName))
        {
            resourceName = name;
            break;
        }
    }

    return resourceName;
}