Question

My application references another a project which has an XSD file in it.

Whats the best way to get that XSD?

I did a bit of googling and found suggestions like load the assembly and get it from that, is there no easier way?

Answer 1

If the XSD is an embedded resource in the assembly, then you need to get it from the assembly.

If your project references and uses the assembly, then you won’t need to load it again (you don’t need 2 copies in memory).

The easiest way to get to the assembly, would be from one of the types defined in it:

Type t = typeof(TypeInOtherAssembly);
Assembly assembly = t.Assembly;
assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(...);