Got it! using the embedded resources and the GentManifestResourceStream method worked. Thanks!
On Jun 16, 1:34 am, Reuben Bartolo <[email protected]> wrote: > If the data does not change, and it is so small, I would simply hard code it > into the code, by declaring variables. > > If you do not want to do this, you can always create an installer that > copies this file into the appropriate directory. > > If you do not like this way either, you can add it as an embedded resource. > Here is an > example:http://www.devhood.com/tutorials/tutorial_details.aspx?tutorial_id=75 > > > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:07 AM, raoul <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sorry for the newbie question, but I can't quite work this out, and I > > can't imagine it is that difficult. I am using Visualbasic 2005 > > express. > > > I have written a program that requires a bunch of data to be read from > > a file. It currently opens the data file using streamreader, and > > reads in the contents of the file into a string. I go through the > > string and seperate the values into the appropriate variable arrays > > using a space to deliminate the data columns. > > > All of this works just fine. However, it requires me to include the > > data file with the executable as a seperate file and the user has to > > put them in the same directory. I do not want to have this data file > > as a seperate file, and want to somehow add it to my project so that > > it is an embedded resource. > > > I can "add" the file to my project, but I can't see how to reference > > it now and read the data from it. Again, the file is merely a few > > columns of data. > > > TIA > > > -Raoul- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
