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    <p>Right now I have a handful of those in a class:</p> <pre><code>string upgrade_file = new StreamReader(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream( Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Name + ".schemas.template.db_upgrades.txt") ).ReadToEnd(); </code></pre> <p>I can write a wrapper function to simplify accessing embedded resources (and I will if I have to), but is there a simpler or more elegant way to access them natively with .Net? </p> <p>For example, I find it strange that GetManifestResourceStream(...) isn't static. Another example: is there some method that returns a string rather than a stream for text files?</p> <p><strong>UPDATE 1</strong>:</p> <p>To be clear, I have text files in sub-directories, and I want that:</p> <ol> <li>These files remain separate files (for example to be able to source control them separately)</li> <li>These files remain <em>embedded</em> resources, i.e. compiled with the assembly.</li> </ol> <p>Right now I'm doing this as shown in this image: <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/6NSaX.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p><strong>UPDATE 2</strong>:</p> <p>I did not manage to use anything from the answers to simplify accessing the files.</p> <p>Here is the helper method I'm now using in case someone else might find it useful:</p> <pre><code>/// &lt;summary&gt; /// Get the content of a text file embedded in the enclosing assembly. /// &lt;/summary&gt; /// &lt;param name="resource"&gt;The "path" to the text file in the format /// (e.g. subdir1.subdir2.thefile.txt)&lt;/param&gt; /// &lt;returns&gt;The file content&lt;/returns&gt; static string GetEmbeddedTextFile(string resource) { return new StreamReader(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream( Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Name + "." + resource)).ReadToEnd(); } </code></pre>
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    1. COYou can look at the [ResourceManager](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/System.Resources.ResourceManager.aspx) class.
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    2. COall about resources http://stackoverflow.com/questions/90697/how-to-create-and-use-resources-in-net
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    3. COi'm guessing that EF does this same thing with the XML mappings, based on the way the connection string looks - i wonder if there's a reflector gem somewhere in there...
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