How To Copy File From Resources

[matto]

Hi,

 

I have some code which copies 2 files to a folder. These 2 files are included in the current application folder. Is it possible to embed these 2 files into the .exe and copy them to a destination folder? Here's my code so far:

 

Dim CurrentLocationDll As String = Application.StartupPath & "\FILE.dll"
       Dim DestinationFolder As String = System.Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles) & "\FOLDER"
       If (FileIO.FileSystem.FileExists(CurrentLocationDll)) Then

           ProgressBar1.PerformStep()
           If (FileIO.FileSystem.FileExists(DestinationFolder & "\FILE.dll")) Then
               FileIO.FileSystem.MoveFile(DestinationFolder & "\FILE.dll", DestinationFolder & "\FILE.dll.bak")
               ProgressBar1.PerformStep()
           End If

           FileIO.FileSystem.CopyFile(CurrentLocationDll, DestinationFolder & "\FILE.dll")
           ProgressBar1.PerformStep()
       End If

[PlausiblyDamp]

http://www.xtremedotnettalk.com/showthread.php?t=83574 might be enough to get you started.

[matto]

Thanks, but that's for txt and gif files :S

[PlausiblyDamp]

Did you try it with a dll though?

[matto]

I looked through the guides, didn't need it in the end xD

 

Managed to find an example with a .dll and it worked for me. Thanks for helping

[PlausiblyDamp]

One thing to be careful with though is the fact than on XP or later only administrators will have permissions to write to the Program Files folder (I'm assuming that is where your application is being installed) so for non-admins this technique might not work. On Vista or later there is a good chance the end user will be annoyed by UAC prompts even if they are admins every time they run this app.