Einar,

Apologies, I should have explained better. I create my resource files using code which I must then either attach into the project and recompile, or, attach and compile to another project as a satellite assembly.

The manually building of a resource file is what the first click (button1_Click) is showing. The result of this is the serialization of the bitmap and string into a resource file, not embedding the bitmaps directly into the project and ultimately the executable image!

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();
}

Once you have an exe or dll that has been compiled with the embedded resource file the code in button2_Click shows how to extract the types from the resource file.

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"));
}

Using satellite assemblies is great for centralising, localised resources.

Regards
Neil