I have a .dll I'm trying to embed as a resource inside an executable. The following two questions are somewhat helpful, but are not a full help:
Embedding assemblies inside another assembly
This doesn't seem to work as written; the args.Name cannot be used as written, but even if it's fixed, the program still complains of a missing .dll, indicating that the assembly is not properly loaded.
Embedding DLLs in a compiled executable
and the link in one of the answers of:
http://codeblog.larsholm.net/2011/06/embed-dlls-easily-in-a-net-assembly/
However, there is no "App.xaml*" file in my project of any sort - I'm not using WPF; I'm using WinForms for my executable (changing isn't really an option, due to the nature of the executable).
I'm therefore looking for a complete set of instructions for embedding a class library in an executable as a resource and loading that .dll from the resource, without needing a .dll file outside of the embedded resource.
For example, would it be practical to simply add an "App.xaml" file to a WinForms project, or would there be negative interactions I'm not aware of?
Thanks.
Edit: This is what I'm currently using:
/// <summary>
/// Stores the very few things that need to be global.
/// </summary>
static class AssemblyResolver
{
/// <summary>
/// Call in the static constructor of the startup class.
/// </summary>
public static void Initialize( )
{
AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve +=
new ResolveEventHandler( Resolver ) ;
}
/// <summary>
/// Use this to resolve assemblies.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sender"></param>
/// <param name="args"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Assembly Resolver( object sender, ResolveEventArgs args )
{
Assembly executingAssembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly( ) ;
if ( args.Name == null )
throw new NullReferenceException(
"Item name is null and could not be resolved."
) ;
if ( !executingAssembly.GetManifestResourceNames().Contains(
"Many_Objects_Display.Resources." +
new AssemblyName( args.Name ).Name.Replace( ".resources", ".dll" ) )
)
throw new ArgumentException( "Resource name does not exist." ) ;
Stream resourceStream =
executingAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream(
"Many_Objects_Display.Resources." +
new AssemblyName( args.Name ).Name.Replace( ".resources", ".dll" )
) ;
if ( resourceStream == null )
throw new NullReferenceException( "Resource stream is null." ) ;
if ( resourceStream.Length > 104857600)
throw new ArgumentException(
"Exceedingly long resource - greater than 100 MB. Aborting..."
) ;
byte[] block = new byte[ resourceStream.Length ] ;
resourceStream.Read( block, 0, block.Length ) ;
Assembly resourceAssembly = Assembly.Load( block ) ;
if ( resourceAssembly == null )
throw new NullReferenceException( "Assembly is a null value." ) ;
return resourceAssembly ;
}
}