Assembly.GetFile(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Reflection

Assemblies:: netstandard.dll, System.Runtime.dll

Assembly:: System.Runtime.dll

Assembly:: mscorlib.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Source:: Assembly.cs

Source:: Assembly.cs

Source:: Assembly.cs

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Gets a FileStream for the specified file in the file table of the manifest of this assembly.

public:
 virtual System::IO::FileStream ^ GetFile(System::String ^ name);

public virtual System.IO.FileStream? GetFile(string name);

public virtual System.IO.FileStream GetFile(string name);

abstract member GetFile : string -> System.IO.FileStream
override this.GetFile : string -> System.IO.FileStream

Public Overridable Function GetFile (name As String) As FileStream

Parameters

name: String

The name of the specified file. Do not include the path to the file.

Returns

FileStream

A stream that contains the specified file, or null if the file is not found.

Implements

GetFile(String)

Exceptions

FileLoadException

A file that was found could not be loaded.

ArgumentNullException

The name parameter is null.

ArgumentException

The name parameter is an empty string ("").

FileNotFoundException

name was not found.

BadImageFormatException

name is not a valid assembly.

Remarks

This method works on both public and private resource files.

The name argument should not include the path to the file.

In .NET 5 and later versions, for bundled assemblies, this method throws an exception.

Applies to

Product	Versions
.NET	Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework	1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard	2.0, 2.1

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