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Assembly.GetFile Method

.NET Framework 3.0

Other Versions

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

Namespace: System.Reflection
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

C++

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public virtual FileStream GetFile (
	string name
)

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public FileStream GetFile (
	String name
)

JScript

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public function GetFile (
	name : String
) : FileStream

XAML

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Not applicable.

Parameters

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

Return Value

A FileStream for the specified file, or a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if the file is not found.

Exceptions

Exception type	Condition
FileLoadException	A file that was found could not be loaded.
ArgumentNullException	The name parameter is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
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 should not include the path to the file.

.NET Framework Security

FileIOPermission for access to the path and for reading the specified file. Associated enumerations: FileIOPermissionAccess.PathDiscovery and FileIOPermissionAccess.Read

Platforms

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Reference

Assembly Class
Assembly Members
System.Reflection Namespace

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