Question

I am working on a project to keep all my passwords in safe. I don’t want to use another file to keep the passwords, I want it to be stand-alone. Thus, on runtime (let’s say when I press apply button or on FormClosing event etc…) I need to edit the resources that will be keeping encrypted passwords. Is it possible and if so how? If not possible, what are the best alternatives? Btw, I don’t want to use registry either since it would kill portability.

Thanks in advance!

Edit: By resources I mean embeded ones.

Edit: After Jason’s answer, I need to change the question a little bit; is there any way to write anything to a running executable itself?

Answer 1

This article shows how to access an embedded resources inside an assembly using a stream. Could give you enough of a start on how to edit the passwords resource that you mention.

EDIT;
Ah, even better:

How to read embedded resource text file

EDIT:

Just use a StreamWriter e.g.

using (Stream stream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()
                               .GetManifestResourceStream("file1.txt"))
using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(stream))
{
    sw.Write("This is a test");
}

EDIT:

OK, looks like a dead end:

How To Read, Then Write To An Embedded Resource In C#

Embedded resources are compiled into your assembly, you can’t edit
them.