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KyleG	18 Jul, 2008 - 08:22 AM Post #1
New D.I.C Head Joined: 11 Jun, 2008 Posts: 41 Thanked 1 times My Contributions	I have an XML schema file (.xsd) that I'm using for validation. I've added it to my project for source control purposes. Initially I added it as a resource and referenced it in the code as ProjectNamespace.Properties.Resources.SchemaFile (which returned a string), but I ran into some quirks with Vault (source control) not seeing that I had checked it out. I want to be able to reference the file in code without having to actually deploy the file to the client's machine (i.e. I don't want issues if they delete the file). So I've added the schema file to the project like all of my source files and set the build action to "Content". Is this right? How do I go about referencing the file if it's not in the build directory, or anywhere on the disk?
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KyleG	18 Jul, 2008 - 09:46 AM Post #2
New D.I.C Head Joined: 11 Jun, 2008 Posts: 41 Thanked 1 times My Contributions	Well I figured it out. I added the file to the project and set its Build Action to Embedded Resource. Then I used this code to access it: csharp using System.Reflection; using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream("MyNamespace.SchemaFileName.xsd"))) { ... } I had to use the Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceNames() method to find out that I needed the project's namespace prefixing the file.
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