how to add image files to .resx

[Steve]

Hello,

According to my C# book, I can add a .resx file to my
project by going to the Project menu, Add New/Assembly
Resource File... I want to add 6 icon files, one.ico,
two.ico...six.ico. I got as far as adding the
Resource1.resx file. I now see a table like thing with
the titlel "Data for data". So how do I add my ico files
to this table? I see the xml page. Do I have to manually
type in the ico files? And before I do that do I need to
add the ico files to my project by right-clicking on the
solution explorer/add existing item? Eventually, I want
to use the Resource Manager to use these resources. How
do I set this up?

Thanks,
Steve

 

[Vijaye Raji]

The Resource editor that comes with VS .Net isn't all that powerful. You'll
need a 3rd party ResX editor. There're a lot of free resx editors available
on the internet...

http://www.only4gurus.com/v2/preview.asp?ID=4791 is a good start

-vJ

 

[Steve]

Thanks for your reply. Now I feel better with the
solution that I came up with - which is to create my own
resource file from a separate program using the
resourcewriter. This seems to work fine. I just thought
I was reinventing the wheel doing it this way. I guess
not.

Thanks

 

[Sijin Joseph]

Well if you want something real hardcode how about base64 encoding your
image files and then pasting it into the .resx file. You can find a
reference post on base64 encoding here,
http://weblogs.asp.net/sjoseph/archive/2004/09/02/224586.aspx



Sijin Joseph
http://www.indiangeek.net
http://weblogs.asp.net/sjoseph