[RESOLVED] [2008] Trying to use my.resources for a text file

[Icyculyr]

Try writing it to a text document, and then re-reading it back, then delete the txt doc

Try this

Dim MyTempFilePath As String = My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.AllUsersApplication.Data & "\MyApplicationName\lvltxt.txt"
 
Using sw As New StreamWriter(MyTempFilePath)
    sw.Write(My.Resources.ResourceManager.GetObject("filename"))
End Using

'Then read it again with all your code that you were using before, (give or take some necessary modifications)

Then at the end

File.Delete(MyTempFilePath)

Personally I have a class called 'DirectoriesC' which has all my directories \ names for things like this:

Dim ad As String = My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.AllUsersApplicationData
Dim ProgramName As String = "thething"
Dim TempLvlExpName As String = "lvlxp_temp"
Dim TempLvlExpExt As String = ".txt"
Dim TempLvlExpPath As String = ad & "\" & ProgramName & "\" & TempLvlExpName & TempLvlExpExt

good for organizing things, especially large projects, where the names can change

Cheers

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