Accessing Embedded Resources on .NET

On .NET, Embedded Resources can be accessed by obtaining a Stream via the Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream .NET API, typically on the assembly that contains the current code, or on Assembly.GetEntryAssembly for the main executable:

var lAssembly := typeOf(self).Assembly;
var lResourceStream := lAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream("MyText.txt");
if assigned(lResourceStream) then begin
  using lReader := new System.IO.StreamReader(lResourceStream) do begin
    var lText := lReader.ReadToEnd();
    ...
  end;
end;

var assembly = typeof(this).Assembly;
var resourceStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("MyText.txt");
if (resourceStream != null)
{
    using (var reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(resourceStream))
    {
        var text = reader.ReadToEnd();
        ...
    }
}

let assembly = dynamicType(this).Assembly
if let resourceStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("MyText.txt") {
    __using let reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(resourceStream) {
        let text = reader.ReadToEnd()
        ...
    }
}

var assembly = typeOf(this).Assembly;
var resourceStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("MyText.txt");
if (resourceStream != null)
{
    using (var reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(resourceStream))
    {
        var text = reader.ReadToEnd();
        ...
    }
}

The resource name is typically composed of the project's RootNamespace and the path plus filename of the resource relative to the project. If you embed a text file named "MyText.txt" that is placed in the root of a project with default namespace "MyCompany.MyProduct", the resource name would be "MyCompany.MyProduct.MyText.txt".

A list of all resources in an assembly can be obtained using Assembly.GetManifestResourceNames.