How to include xsl files in a Visual Studio Class Library project

Question

Can we include xsl files in a Visual Studio Class Library project directly and get them included in the dll as xslt ?

What is the right way to include xsl files compiled to xslt in a dll ?

Answer 1

Hi @Sajith ,

Set .xsl files as Embedded Resource, then use Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream() to read and load them.

 public class XslHelper
{
    public static XslCompiledTransform LoadEmbeddedXslt(string resourceName)
    {
        var assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
        using (Stream stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(resourceName))
        {
            if (stream == null)
                throw new InvalidOperationException($"Resource '{resourceName}' not found.");

            using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(stream))
            {
                XslCompiledTransform xslt = new XslCompiledTransform();
                xslt.Load(reader);
                return xslt;
            }
        }
    }
}

Best Regards.

Jiachen Li

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