Code or command to use embedded resource in Visual Studio

Question

Can somebody provide me a starting point or code to access an embedded resource using C#?

I have successfully embedded a couple of batch files, scripts and CAD drawi

Answer 1

Open Solution Explorer add files you want to embed. Right click on the files then click on Properties. In Properties window and change Build Action to Embedded Resource.

After that you should write the embedded resources to file in order to be able to run it.

using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.IO;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace YourProject
{
    public class MyClass
    {
        // Other Code...

        private void StartProcessWithFile()
        {
            var assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
            //Getting names of all embedded resources
            var allResourceNames = assembly.GetManifestResourceNames();
            //Selecting first one. 
            var resourceName = allResourceNames[0];
            var pathToFile = Path.GetDirectoryName(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory) +
                              resourceName;

            using (var stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(resourceName))
            using (var fileStream = File.Create(pathToFile))
            {
                stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
                stream.CopyTo(fileStream);
            }

            var process = new Process();
            process.StartInfo.FileName = pathToFile;
            process.Start();
        }
    }
}