Embed resource in a .NET assembly without an assembly prefix?

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Embed resource in a .NET assembly without an assembly prefix?

When you embed a resource into a .NET assembly using Visual Studio, it is prefixed with the assembly name. However, assemblies can have embedded resources that are not assembly-name-prefixed. The only way I can see to do this is to disassemble the assembly using ILDASM, then re-assemble it, adding the new resource -- which works, but... do I really need to finish that sentence?

(Desktop .NET Framework 3.5, Visual Studio 2008 SP1, C#, Windows 7 Enterprise x64.)

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Not assembly name - namespace ;) Default namespace, IIRC. The prefix is the default namespace ;)

TomTom 2010-03-16 12:12:07

Okay, thanks.... in that case, is there a way (other than removing the default namespace) to prevent that behavior?

Robert Fraser 2010-03-16 12:14:19

@Robert stop it. What are you doing? Leave it alone. You're going to get hurt messing with that. Wait until your father gets home.

Will 2010-03-16 12:22:24

No other way. Removing the default namespace is not so bad, and will have no effect on the rest of your existing code that already has a namespace surrounding it. Although it will affect anything that creates a URI that references anything in your app that isn't explicitly namespaced.

slugster 2010-03-16 12:25:57

@Will - I'm not actually accessing the resource from within the assembly; the assembly is being processed by a separate tool that requires the resource have a specific name.

Robert Fraser 2010-03-16 12:27:08

@slugster - It has an effect on ReSharper :-(. Ah well, thanks

Robert Fraser 2010-03-16 12:27:50

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Answer was provided by slugster in comments: there is no way to prevent this behavior other than removing the default namespace.

Robert Fraser 2010-03-19 12:14:26

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