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File Resource Management Library (.NET)

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A .NET implementation of a file resource management, with complete support for VS_VERSIONINFO version resources.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.IO;

namespace Vestris.ResourceLib
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This structure depicts the organization of data in a file-version resource. It contains language 
    /// and code page formatting information for the strings. A code page is an ordered character set.
    /// http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa909192.aspx
    /// </summary>
    public class StringTable : ResourceTable
    {
        Dictionary<string, StringResource> _strings;

        public Dictionary<string, StringResource> Strings
        {
            get
            {
                return _strings;
            }
        }

        public StringTable(IntPtr lpRes)
        {
            Read(lpRes);
        }

        public override IntPtr Read(IntPtr lpRes)
        {
            _strings = new Dictionary<string, StringResource>();
            IntPtr pChild = base.Read(lpRes);

            while (pChild.ToInt32() < (lpRes.ToInt32() + _header.wLength))
            {
                StringResource res = new StringResource(pChild);
                _strings.Add(res.Key, res);
                pChild = ResourceUtil.Align(pChild.ToInt32() + res.Header.wLength);
            }

            return new IntPtr(lpRes.ToInt32() + _header.wLength);
        }

        public override void Write(BinaryWriter w)
        {
            long headerPos = w.BaseStream.Position;
            base.Write(w);

            Dictionary<string, StringResource>.Enumerator stringsEnum = _strings.GetEnumerator();
            while (stringsEnum.MoveNext())
            {
                stringsEnum.Current.Value.Write(w);
            }

            ResourceUtil.PadToDWORD(w);
            ResourceUtil.WriteAt(w, w.BaseStream.Position - headerPos, headerPos);
        }

        public string this[string key]
        {
            get
            {
                return _strings[key].Value;
            }
            set
            {
                StringResource sr = null;
                if (!_strings.TryGetValue(key, out sr))
                {
                    sr = new StringResource(key);
                    _strings.Add(key, sr);
                }

                sr.Value = value;
            }
        }
    }
}

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Written By
dB.
Team Leader Application Security Inc., www.appsecinc.com
United States United States
Daniel Doubrovkine has been in software engineering for twelve years and is currently development manager at Application Security Inc. in New York City. He has been involved in many software ventures, including Xo3 and Vestris Inc, was a development lead at Microsoft Corp. in Redmond, and director of Engineering at Visible Path Corp. in New York City. Daniel also builds and runs a foodie website, http://www.foodcandy.com.

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