Embedding data in an esriAddIn

Question

The ArcObjects documentation under "Advanced add-in concepts" states:

You can create additional folders and files under the Install folder. This is useful in cases where you want to ship data as part of your add-in.

Can anyone provide details or a complete example how to do this?

Thanks.

RandyHauser · Answer

Thanks, found it right before you posted.

Also see this Stack Overflow thread:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/52797/c-how-do-i-get-the-path-of-the-assembly-the-code-is-in

JeffreyHamblin · Answer

There was another thread about this. You need to get the directory of the AddIn assembly. Check the last post and see if it helps:

http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/17397-Add-In-embedded-Files-and-use-it-s-path

-Jeff

RandyHauser · Answer

So what's the correct way to reference an included file? In my project I have a config folder and inside of it a config.xml file with some settings in it. The xml file is set to Copy Always to the output directory, and if I unzip the resulting .esriAddIn I can see the folder and the file.

If I try to reference the file as "config/config.xml", I get an error at runtime because VB is looking for the file relative to the ArcGIS bin directory, not the add-in. Is there some way to reference the location in the add-in, especially since it's a zip and might be all in memory?