I have a non-.Net executable file that is included in my .net assembly as an embedded resource. Is there a way to run this executable that does not involve writing it out to disk and launching it?
This is .Net 2.0.
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I have a non-.Net executable file that is included in my .net assembly as an embedded resource. Is there a way to run this executable that does not involve writing it out to disk and launching it?
This is .Net 2.0.
You can load a .NET assembly from a byte array using an overload of Assembly.Load.
However, there are implications for the security model that need to be considered which make things more complex. See the discussion here, and also this thread.
If your embedded executable is not .NET then I think you will have to write it out to disk first.