Why not embed the resources in the plug-in assemblies, and use the same mechanism you use to load the plugins to load their resources?
M -----Original Message----- From: Moderated discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Peter Zaborski Sent: 31 May 2002 16:41 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] embedding resources I posted this to the "regular" dotnet mailing list but had no replies. Perhaps someone on this list has an answer? I know it's possible to embed resources in an assembly during the compile process. Which works fine if you know all the resources you need at that time. However, I have a situation where I need a resource in my EXE assembly, but I don't know about the resource until run time. In case you are wondering, this is for a "generic container" type application which loads satellite assemblies containing add-ins via reflection using late binding -- the container does not know all the add-ins it will use at compile time. The application and its add-ins are all strictly desk top WindowsForms, no WebForms stuff at all. Any one know if it's possible to dynamically (ie. at run time) embed resources in an EXE assembly? Or in some other way make it appear that the resources are embedded in the executing assembly at run time? You can read messages from the Advanced DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from Advanced DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the Advanced DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from Advanced DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
