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Iterate through My.Resources

I have done a few Google searches and not found anything so I'm thinking it can't be done, but I'm wondering if there is a way to loop (or iterate) through the My.Resources so I can do something with each icon/image for example.

Something like this:

For each ico as Icon in My.Resources
.....
Next ico

kojoru

If you're OK in C#, try reading this article that covers the exact question you ask and many more things regarding resources.

kojoru

Here's a little simplified VB variant of the code provided in the article.

You should add multiline TextBox txtInfo for this to work.

Public Class Form1
    Dim pics As System.Collections.ArrayList = New ArrayList
 
 
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Dim imgStream As IO.Stream
        Dim bmp As Bitmap
 
        Dim a As Reflection.Assembly
        a = Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()
        Dim ResNames As String()
        ResNames = a.GetManifestResourceNames()
 
        txtInfo.Clear()
        txtInfo.Text += String.Format("Found {0} resources\r\n", ResNames.Length)
        txtInfo.Text += "----------\r\n"
 
        For Each s As String In ResNames
 
 
 
            txtInfo.Text += s + "\r\n"
            If s.EndsWith(".bmp") Then
 
 
 
                ' attach to stream to the resource in the manifest
                imgStream = a.GetManifestResourceStream(s)
 
 
                'create a new bitmap from this stream and 
                'add it to the arraylist
                bmp = Bitmap.FromStream(imgStream)
 
 
                pics.Add(bmp)
 
                imgStream.Close()
 
            End If
        Next
        txtInfo.Text += "----------\r\n"
        txtInfo.Text += String.Format("Found {0} Bitmaps\r\n", pics.Count)
 
    End Sub
End Class

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JedNebula

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Thanks guys.

I'm finding that it's not picking up the images in my.Resources. The images are Embedded in .resx and they are ico and .bmp formats. (see image)

Here is the result from the textbox:

Found 22 resources\r\n----------\r\nEcho.Resources.resources\r\nEcho.frmEditServer.resources\r\nEcho.frmChangeLog.resources\r\nEcho.frmTaskProgress.resources\r\nEcho.frmOptions.resources\r\nEcho.frmMDIStatus.resources\r\nEcho.frmHASPError.resources\r\nEcho.frmConnect.resources\r\nEcho.frmMain.resources\r\nEcho.frmTask.resources\r\nEcho.exe.licenses\r\nEcho.frmTray.resources\r\nEcho.frmLogon.resources\r\nEcho.frmExceptionLog.resources\r\nEcho.ServerDetailsControl.resources\r\nEcho.TasksActionControl.resources\r\nEcho.frmExceptionHandler.resources\r\nEcho.frmSecurity.resources\r\nEcho.frmExpBar.resources\r\nEcho.frmEditServers.resources\r\nEcho.frmTest.resources\r\nEcho.frmSplash.resources\r\n----------\r\nFound 0 Bitmaps\r\n
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