method that loads the contents of a embedded ressource into a string.

LoadEmbeddedFile.cs

        private string LoadEmbeddedFile(string fileNameInAssembly, Encoding encoding)
        {
            var assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
            var resName = from name in assembly.GetManifestResourceNames()
                          where name.ToLower().EndsWith(fileNameInAssembly.ToLower())
                          select name;

            string text = default(string);
            var fullResourceName = resName.FirstOrDefault();

            if (fullResourceName == null)
                throw new System.IO.FileNotFoundException(string.Format("Could not find file {0} in the resources of assembly {1}.", fileNameInAssembly, assembly.FullName));

            using (System.IO.Stream stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(fullResourceName)) {
                Byte[] bytes = new Byte[stream.Length];
                stream.Read(bytes, 0, (int)(stream.Length));
                text = encoding.GetString(bytes);
            }
            return text;
        }