How to get the names of all resources in a resource file

resx, vb.net, visual-studio

Solution

See if this piece of code helps.

    Dim runTimeResourceSet As Object
    Dim dictEntry As DictionaryEntry

    runTimeResourceSet = My.Resources.ResourceManager.GetResourceSet(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, False, True)
    For Each dictEntry In runTimeResourceSet
        If (dictEntry.Value.GetType() Is GetType(Icon)) Then
            Console.WriteLine(dictEntry.Key)
        End If
    Next

I have used Icon as an example, which you will have to change if you are using Bitmap.

EDIT: You will have to use reference of dictEntry.Value & see how it can be used for adding it to imagelist.

Problem

Within a Visual Basic Project I have added a resource file (resx) that contains a bunch of images. Now I want to query the names of the images. If I open the resx file in the designer view in the Visual Studio IDE and select an image, the property grid shows me a name property (defaults to "filename without extension but can be changed). The background is that I have a imagelist that is created at runtime and populated with the images from the resource file. To be able to access these images by the key, I have to set it. My code looks like this (everything hard coded): ``` Dim imagelist as new Imagelist imageList.Images.Add("A", My.Resources.MyImages.A) imageList.Images.Add("B", My.Resources.MyImages.B) imageList.Images.Add("C", My.Resources.MyImages.C) imageList.Images.Add("D", My.Resources.MyImages.D) imageList.Images.Add("E", My.Resources.MyImages.E) .... imageList.Images.Add("XYZ", My.Resources.MyImages.XYZ) ``` And I want to achive this: ``` Dim imagelist as new ImageList For Each img in GetMeAllImagesWithNameFromMyResourceFile imageList.Images.Add(img.Name, img.ImageFile) Next ``` where Name is a string and ImageFile a System.Drawing.Bitmap

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