Strategy asp.net Embedded Resources

[leblanc]

I trying to reduce my time spent deploying a site.. by putting everything in a dll.

so far i have two icons: delete, edit
and haven't been able to render them.

AssemblyInfo.cs

[assembly: WebResourceAttribute("RobustHaven.Components.KnowledgeBase.ClientResources.Themes.Default.Icons.delete.png", "image/png")]
[assembly: WebResourceAttribute("RobustHaven.Components.KnowledgeBase.ClientResources.Themes.Default.Icons.edit.png", "image/png")] 

The dll which they are embedded in is: RobustHaven.Components.KnowledgeBase


in the aspx page i have:

                    <img src="<%=Page.ClientScript.GetWebResourceUrl(GetType(), "RobustHaven.Components.KnowledgeBase.ClientResources.Themes.Default.Icons.delete.png") %>" alt="delete" /> 

basically the url it generates creates a 404 http error.
what is the implementation of GetWebResourceUrl so i can manually create a url to the embedded resource?
I wish it would throw an exception.. but nope just doesn't render anything ... i can put anything in the string portion and still no exception.


url it creates:

/WebResource.axd?d=qqJ8tjv5pMksPMk76RazplV9lffvnnyCHzcis9J-qArr8SQ-ynYtpfHwX35K_6fGnV6T0GzlEdgVWGWxJjQ01ioRrZk83-yDV85aZ9GzFUoBmZHKQFtMYe3evLbP3Cm210PzJo3M38Py9PaUexcqF5ST7Ko4jQY8nGsvsH5l0HM1&t=633421634875625000 

/WebResource.axd by itself generates 404 error

[leblanc]

Figured it out....

                    <img src='<%=Page.ClientScript.GetWebResourceUrl(typeof(RobustHaven.Components.KnowledgeBase.ArticlesGridView), "RobustHaven.Components.KnowledgeBase.ClientResources.Themes.Default.Icons.delete.png") %>' alt="delete" /> 

basically for typeof pick any object inside your assembly which contains the web resources.


but since i wanted a strategy....
The final version is going be a custom delete image control that inherits from the asp image control where on render i'll attach the correct url. This way theme can be managed internal to the knowledgebase.dll and user can just drag drop the delete image control. without having to do anything in the codebehind on trying to manage themes for components.


final

using System;

namespace RobustHaven.Components.KnowledgeBase.ClientControls
{
    public class DeleteImageButton : System.Web.UI.WebControls.ImageButton
    {
        protected override void Render(System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter writer)
        {
            this.AlternateText = "Delete";
            this.ImageUrl = Page.ClientScript.GetWebResourceUrl(
                typeof(RobustHaven.Components.KnowledgeBase.ClientControls.DeleteImageButton), // can be any control in this assembly
                String.Format("RobustHaven.Components.KnowledgeBase.ClientResources.Themes.{0}.Icons.delete.png", ClientControls.UserProfile.Instance.Theme )
            );

            base.Render(writer);
        }
    }
}



// my gridview
                <asp:TemplateField ShowHeader="False">
                    <ItemTemplate>
                        <KnowledgeBase:DeleteImageButton CommandName="Delete" runat="server" />
                        <asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton1" runat="server" CausesValidation="False" 
                            CommandName="Delete" Text="Delete"></asp:LinkButton>
                    </ItemTemplate>
                </asp:TemplateField>