Cannot load resource no matter what I try

Question

I am trying to load a resource that I have added to my project, and it tells me:

Illegal characters in path.

Now, the name of the resource is: ShortcutList.txt . I don't see anything illegal about that. And the code I'm using is:

    public void InitShortcuts()
    {
        try
        {
            string s = File.ReadAllText(Properties.Resources.ShortcutList);
            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(s))
            {
                MessageBox.Show(s);
            }
        }
        catch (Exception exception)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(exception.Message);
        }
    }

But as I said above it just tells me that there are illegal characters in the path. How? It's not like I'm screwing up the path or anything.

I have set ShortcutList.txt as Embedded Resource and 'Copy if newer' (I've also tried every other option in that list!).

Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?

Answer 1

Just do something like this:

List<string> list = Resources.ShortcutList.Split(new[] { Environment.NewLine }, StringSplitOptions.None).ToList();

You can have your build action set to "Resource", and Copy to output to "Do not copy". It should work.