I added image as file and set type as resource (see screenshot) How do I pull it out as byte array without using resx files, etc?
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Things are even simpler than the item markes as answer!
If you click on the file in resources and view the properties window, you can set the File Type to binary. Then you can access the bytearray in code with a simple
var byteArray = Properties.Resources.FileName;
where FileName is the name of your resource.
5 Comments
lapo
Using Visual Studio Express 2010 I wasn't able to change type of a PNG resource, but I renamed the file to .bin prior to adding as a resource and that worked wonderfully!
Lukáš Koten
I cant see any option to change the File Type in Visual Studio 2017
Gary Woodfine
Are you sure you're looking in the Properties Window? I just checked in my install of VS2017 and it is definitely there.
nodots
VS 2015: A file that is recognized as an image format is shown on the Images view of Resources. The File Type option in Properties seems to be shown only for resources on the Files view, however.
Kyle Delaney
There seems to be some confusion as we're talking about two different methods for embedding resources. The OP was talking about setting a file's Build Action to Embedded Resource. You're talking about using a resx file. I don't think the OP knows about that option.
The process is described in How to embed and access resources by using Visual C#.
Essentially it requires use of reflection, using the Assembly class.
Stream imageStream =
currentAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream("Resources.logo_foot.png");
See How to convert an Stream into a byte[] in C#? for details of how to get a byte[] from a Stream.
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Paw Baltzersen
I had to type the entire namespace to get it to work. If you're in doubt which resources you have, call currentAssembly.GetManifestResourceNames()
Kyle Delaney
Getting a byte array from a stream seems to be needlessly tricky. I think it's much better to just embed the resource using Resources.resx, and then it will provide access with a
byte[] instead of a Stream.If you dont use the image directly (i.e: from a control if your project is a Windows App) then you could:
1- change the file extension (i.e: *.jpg.data)
2- add the "image" to a resource file RESX
3- access the byte array using: Resources.PathToImages.ResxFileName.ImageName
Note: if you add the image with the extension unchanged the RESX compiler creates a Bitmap property instead of a byte[] property.
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