Question

Ok so i have an html document that i reference in my visual studio 2010 C# application that i need for the application to continue.

here is come code

string template = System.IO.File.ReadAllText("template.html");

the template.html file is currently in my debug directory and I want to be able to have it included if possible in the exe so the user doesnt need to have a copy of the html file for my application to run …any ideas on how to tackle this

Answer 1

you have to right click on the file and make it an embedded resource.

Then you can access your file with the below code:

using (Stream stream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()
                               .GetManifestResourceStream("template.html"))
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))
{
    string result = reader.ReadToEnd();
}

more info at :http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xc4235zt(v=vs.100).aspx