About resource folder in VB.NET

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I have one xml file and text added in the resource folder of my vb.net project and i want to use it in my code how can i access those files??

What I have tried:

I tried to use
My.resources.<filename>
but its not working

Posted 12-Mar-17 22:47pm

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Updated 13-Mar-17 4:12am

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CHill60 13-Mar-17 9:44am

Have you just added the files to the resource folder OR have you actually added them as resources?

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CHill60 · Answer 1 · 2017-03-13T04:12:00

Assuming you have added the files as resources, select the file(s) in the Solution Explorer and make sure the "Build Action" property is set to "Embedded Resource"

You can then get to the text like this:

VB

Dim filetext As String
Dim ass As Assembly = GetType(yourClassName).Assembly
Using reader As New StreamReader(ass.GetManifestResourceStream("yourNamespace.yourTextFile.txt"))
    fileText = reader.ReadToEnd()
End Using

You can also load the text of the file with

VB

fileText = My.Resources.Resource1.yourFileName

If you are loading XML in this way then remember to use the LoadXml method and not Load because the file will have been returned as a (large) string NOT a file name