Assembly.GetFile Method

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This member can be used only by trusted applications. If you try to use this member in a partial-trust application, your code will throw a MethodAccessException exception. This member is security-critical, which restricts its use.

[SECURITY CRITICAL]

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

'Declaration
<SecurityCriticalAttribute> _
Public Overridable Function GetFile ( _
    name As String _
) As FileStream
[SecurityCriticalAttribute]
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 FileStream for the specified file, or nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if the file is not found.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Platforms

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