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hi_jack



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 12:30 pm    Post subject: WPF loading ressource Reply with quote

Hello,


I am getting an error message when trying to load a bitmap in a wpf application.

I use :
Black_Monitor = new BitmapImage ( new Uri ( @"pack://application:,,,/Resources/black_monitor.png", UriKind.Absolute ) );


The Build Action ismarked as Embedded Resource

This creates an error :
Error: Cannot locate resource 'resources/black_monitor.png'.
Stack: at MS.Internal.AppModel.ResourcePart.GetStreamCore(FileMode mode, FileAccess access)
at System.IO.Packaging.PackagePart.GetStream(FileMode mode, FileAccess access)
at System.IO.Packaging.PackWebResponse.CachedResponse.GetResponseStream()
at System.IO.Packaging.PackWebResponse.GetResponseStream()
at System.IO.Packaging.PackWebResponse.get_ContentType()
at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapDecoder.SetupDecoderFromUriOrStream(Uri uri, Stream stream, BitmapCacheOption cacheOption, Guid& clsId, Boolean& isOriginalWritable, Stream& uriStream, UnmanagedMemoryStream& unmanagedMemoryStream, SafeFileHandle& safeFilehandle)
at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapDecoder.CreateFromUriOrStream(Uri baseUri, Uri uri, Stream stream, BitmapCreateOptions createOptions, BitmapCacheOption cacheOption, RequestCachePolicy uriCachePolicy, Boolean insertInDecoderCache)
at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage.FinalizeCreation()
at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage.EndInit()
at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage..ctor(Uri uriSource, RequestCachePolicy uriCachePolicy)
at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage..ctor(Uri uriSource)
at World_Terrain.MainWindow..ctor()

It works ok without encryption.

Any reccomendations in using resources?

Also I intend to use obfuscation (once I get this working)
Any recommendations regarding resources with obfuscation?

Thank you
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 9:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The one thing that .NET Encryptor does changes is the Application.ExecutablePath and Assembly methods that return a path to the executing assemblies will no longer work - because your entry assembly no longer has a path, because it is loaded from memory. I think that this is causing your problem. If you want to use external files relative to the application then you can use the code below to locate the executable path. This will work the same for both the encrypted and non-encrypted application:


Code:
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
[PreserveSig]
private static extern uint GetModuleFileName([In]IntPtr hModule,
                                                    [Out] StringBuilder lpFilename,
                                                    [In] [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)]
                                                     int nSize);

public static string ExecutablePath
{
    get
    {
        const int maxFileName = 512;
        StringBuilder fileName = new StringBuilder(maxFileName);
        GetModuleFileName(IntPtr.Zero, fileName, maxFileName);
        string result = fileName.ToString();
        return result.Replace("vshost.exe", "exe");
    }
}

public static string ExecutableDirectory
{
    get
     {
         return Path.GetDirectoryName(ExecutablePath);
     }
}

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 11, 2016 10:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can do the same thing without any interop calls like:


Code:
public static string ExecutablePath
{
    get
    {
        return System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location   
    }
}

public static string ExecutableDirectory
{
    get
     {
         return Path.GetDirectoryName(ExecutablePath);
     }
}

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 4:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello,


Thank you for your answer but getting the executable path will not help.

I was not clear what I am trying to achieve is keep images in the executable as a ressource to avoid having to distribute them seperatly and manage all exceptions and errors that comes with it.

Images are packed in the executable with the function :
new Uri ( @"pack://application:,,,/Resources/black_monitor.png", UriKind.Absolute ) );
and the build action set to ressource or embeded ressource.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa970494%28v=vs.100%29.aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa970069%28v=vs.100%29.aspx




Is there a way to achieve this while using the encryption?

Thank you,
hi-jack
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 9:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry I misunderstood what you were trying to do. The problem is that your URI refers to a resource in the application entry assembly - which is now the bootstrap assembly. So you could add the imageto bootstrap assembly as an embedded resource and it would work - however this is not a very good solution. Instead you need to change your URI to indicate that the resource is in the current assembly. To do this you need to include the short name of your assembly followed by the keyword component in the path. Like:

Code:
new Uri ( @"pack://application:,,,/MyAssembly;component/Resources/black_monitor.png", UriKind.Absolute ) );


Where MyAssembly is the shortname of your assembly. Personally I wouldn't use this technique to load images and would instead put images in the project Resources.resx file where you can then access them through the the designer generated type safe wrapper like:

Code:
Black_Monitor = Properties.Resources.black_monitor;


This will be more robust since it will give you compiled time warnings if there is a problem. It also makes it easy to localize the images if required. If you want to reference images and icons stored in embedded resx files from within your XAML markup you can do this using the Resx Extension which is also included as part of our Globalizer product
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello,

Worked fine mant thanks for the quick support.
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