Write/Read resources with System.Resources.ResourceManager

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I want to be able to write and read resources with the ResourceManager class in Visual Basic .NET (2010) instead of using the Win32 API (UpdateResources)

I tried to first read resources like this:

Dim ResMan As New Resources.ResourceManager("Resources", System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly())
Dim Bytes As Byte() = DirectCast(ResMan.GetObject("Bytes"), Byte())
ResMan.ReleaseAllResources()

And it worked, but then I tried to write resources, but it didn't work at all, I kept getting errors, and honestly my code was so dirty I felt ashamed.

So basically I need a way to write resources using ResourceManager.

you cant do that, they are read only. That is why there is a `GetObject`, but no `SetObject`. The errors were likely something like it being readonly, no? — Ňɏssa Pøngjǣrdenlarp, Oct 11 '13 at 18:40
Ah, I see! Well thanks for the information. I'm just wondering, how are you really supposed to write resources then? — Jeff Reed, Oct 11 '13 at 18:52
save them somewhere...the resources you add/have in VS are compiled into the app, so you cant add to them or even delete them. — Ňɏssa Pøngjǣrdenlarp, Oct 11 '13 at 18:55
But, you __can__ write resources using the API, so shouldn't there be a way to write resources __without__ using the API too? — Jeff Reed, Oct 11 '13 at 18:57
thats WIN32, not .NET. if you tried writing to a .NET assembly you would likely invalidate it and prevent it from loading. — Ňɏssa Pøngjǣrdenlarp, Oct 11 '13 at 19:00
I see, so bascially it differs from native applications and managed. This has been very informative, thanks. — Jeff Reed, Oct 11 '13 at 19:05

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 12 '13 at 03:45

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You might want to look at resx. Standalone resource files that can be read from and written to. You can use simple obfuscation if you don't want the data readable.

answered Oct 12 '13 at 03:45

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