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Retrieve a Text File from an Assembly's Resources


Retrieves the text from a file that is an embedded resource of an assembly.

'Namespace: System.IO
'Namespace: System.Reflection
'Namespace: Microsoft.VisualBasic

Dim executingAssembly As Assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly
        Dim appStream As Stream = executingAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream(ResourceName)
        Dim textStream As New StreamReader(appStream)
        Dim text As String = textStream.ReadToEnd

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