A snippet for reading embedded resource. #C# #CSharp #Utility #EmbeddedResource

CurrentAssembly.cs

public string ReadResource(string name)
{
    // Determine path
    var assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
    string resourcePath = name;
    // Format: "{Namespace}.{Folder}.{filename}.{Extension}"
    if (!name.StartsWith(nameof(YourAssemblyName)))
    {
        resourcePath = assembly.GetManifestResourceNames()
            .Single(str => str.EndsWith(name));
    }

    using (Stream stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(resourcePath))
    using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))
    {
        return reader.ReadToEnd();
    }
}

EmbeddedResourceHelper.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Utility
{
    public static class EmbeddedResourceHelper
    {
        public static Stream ReadBinaryResource(string path)
        {
            Assembly sourceAssembly = Assembly.GetCallingAssembly();

            if (!sourceAssembly.GetManifestResourceNames().Any(str => str == path))
                throw new ArgumentException($"Specified resource doesn't exist in assembly {sourceAssembly.GetName()}.");

            Stream stream = sourceAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream(path);
            return stream;
        }
        public static string ReadTextResource(string path)
        {
            Assembly sourceAssembly = Assembly.GetCallingAssembly();

            if (!sourceAssembly.GetManifestResourceNames().Any(str => str == path))
                throw new ArgumentException($"Specified resource doesn't exist in assembly {sourceAssembly.GetName()}.");

            using (Stream stream = sourceAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream(path))
            using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))
            {
                return reader.ReadToEnd();
            }
        }
    }
}