Call Resource with string variable

Question

I would like to use the resources in my solution by passing a string variable to Properties.Resources:

string[] documents = new string[] { "one", "two", "three"};
foreach (var document in documents)
{
   extractFile(String.Format(@"C:\temp\{0}.doc",document), properties.Resources.document);
}

private void extractFile (string destinationFile, byte[] sourceFile)
{
   File.WriteAllBytes(destinationFile, sourceFile);
}

But i cannot use the string "document" for properties.Resources like this.

('Resources' does not contain a definition for 'document')

How can I make this work?

@ASh: Its not a duplicate, a read the other one. The problem in the other one is they want to retrieve the recources name i guess... ? — Nomistake
– Nomistake, Commented Nov 17, 2015 at 9:27
Nomistake, it does appear to be a duplicate, that is exactly what you're trying to do — Sayse
– Sayse, Commented Nov 17, 2015 at 9:31

Kvam · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-17 11:07:53Z

1

You can get the resource by name like this:

string[] documents = new string[] { "one", "two", "three"};
foreach (var document in documents)
{
    var unmanagedMemoryStream = Resources.ResourceManager.GetStream(document);

    var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
    unmanagedMemoryStream.CopyTo(memoryStream);
    memoryStream.Position = 0;
    byte[] bytes = memoryStream.ToArray();

    extractFile(String.Format(@"C:\temp\{0}.doc", document),
                bytes);
}

There are several methods available on ResourceManager that might be better suited depending on the type of the resource: GetStream, GetString or GetObject.

edited Nov 17, 2015 at 11:07

answered Nov 17, 2015 at 9:49

Kvam

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Nomistake Over a year ago

i get the error that properties recources doesnt contain definition for getstream...

Nomistake Over a year ago

Cannot convert from 'System.IO.UnmanagedMemoryStream' to 'byte[]'

Nomistake · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-26 15:24:52Z

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As a solution to the problem i zipped all needed files and added this 1 file to the resources. I extracted it to temp folder and unzipped it to the appropriate locations as needed...

answered Nov 26, 2015 at 15:24

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