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Assembly.GetFile Method

.NET Framework 4.5

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)

public virtual FileStream GetFile(
	string name
)

Parameters

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

Return Value

Type: System.IO.FileStream
A stream that contains the specified file, or null if the file is not found.

Implements

_Assembly.GetFile(String)

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
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 should not include the path to the file.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

.NET Framework Security

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

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

Assembly Class

System.Reflection Namespace

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