Windows Forms FAQ : Windows Forms Resources : Syncfusion

//usage: string s = CopyResourceToTempFile(GetType(), "showcase.txt");

//where showcase.txt is an embedded resource

static string CopyResourceToTempFile(Type type, string name)

{

string temp = "";

string nsdot = type.Namespace;

if (nsdot == null)

nsdot = "";

else if (nsdot != "")

nsdot += ".";

Stream stream = type.Module.Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(nsdot + name);

if (stream != null)

{

StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(stream);

temp = Path.GetTempFileName();

StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(temp, false);

sw.Write(sr.ReadToEnd());

sw.Flush();

sw.Close();

}

return temp;

}