Einar,

If you have embedded resources you can use the ResourceManager class in the System.Resources namespace. There are lots of examples available but the following code shows you how to create a custom resource file and read from it (an image and a string).

private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
   ResourceWriter imageResource = new ResourceWriter("quotes.resources");

   Image testImage = Image.FromFile(@"c:\test.bmp");

   imageResource.AddResource("msg1", "This is a string");
   imageResource.AddResource("neil", testImage);
   imageResource.Close();
}

private void button2_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
   ResourceManager imageResManager = new ResourceManager("WindowsApplication1.quotes", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());
	
   pictureBox1.Image = (Image)imageResManager.GetObject("neil");
   MessageBox.Show((string)imageResManager.GetObject("msg1"));
}

Three things to note.

1] The button1_Click event generates the resource file, you need to add this to your project and rebuild it with the Build Action as Embedded Resource.

2] You prefix the name of the resource with the Namespace otherwise you will get exceptions.

3] If you are using cultures then you will have to supply culture specific resources and use the overloaded GetObject passing in the correct culture.

Regards
Neil