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/// <summary>

/// Reads an embedded file from the executing assembly's resource and returns it as a string.

/// </summary>

/// <param name="filename">Embedded Resource Filename</param>

/// <param name="rootNamespace">Namespace of the enclosing assembly</param>

/// <returns>Embedded resource as string</returns>

public string GetEmbeddedResourceFile(string filename, string rootNamespace)

{

string embeddedResource;

Stream strm = null;

Assembly ass = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();

if (!rootNamespace.EndsWith("."))

rootNamespace = rootNamespace + ".";

try

{

using (strm = ass.GetManifestResourceStream(rootNamespace + filename))

{

byte[] buffer = new byte[strm.Length - 1];

strm.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);

embeddedResource = System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetString(buffer);

}

}

catch

{

// Note: It is generally bad practice to consume all exceptions!

// If any error errors, simply return an empty string

embeddedResource = String.Empty;

}

return embeddedResource;

}