title: reading string from textfile resources
body: <p>I have added 3 text file resources to an app and am trying to read from them but I just can't seem to hack it. I've tried using a filestream and have just tried using ResourceReader and I've tried a combination of the 2 but no luck , any ideas on how I could get started with this?</p>
  
  <p>Oh yeah, the purpose of the resource files is to load values into combo boxes on form_load. I've decided to do it like that so the EU can add and remove vals as he/she sees fit. </p>
  
  <p>If you think there are better (but still unobtrusive) ways of doing it then please do share.</p>
  
  <p>Here's what I`ve tried and failed with:</p>
  
  <p>the Filestream approach, where TextFile1(to 3).txt is the resource text file, it dies quietly on the new FileStream() statement, with no exception thrown</p>
  
  <pre><code>    private void Scan_Form_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
      {
          // read combo box values from textfile
          AddVals("TextFile1.txt",cmbBox1);
          AddVals("TextFile2.txt", cmbBox2);
          AddVals("TextFile3.txt", cmbBox3);
  
  
      }
  
      private void AddVals(string fileName,ComboBox thisBox)
      {
          using (FileStream repFs = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
          {
              StreamReader strReader = new StreamReader(repFs);
              ArrayList aVals = new ArrayList();
              while (strReader.Peek() != -1)
              {
                  aVals.Add(strReader.ReadLine());
              }
  
              foreach (object val in aVals)
              {
                  thisBox.Items.Add(val.ToString());
              }
          }
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then the ResourceReader + FileStream approach, same problem , the main difference being that I just call the filename string in the non-fs approach instead of opening the stream:</p>
  
  <pre><code>               private void AddVals(string fileName, ComboBox thisBox)
          { 
          using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open))
          {
              IResourceReader reader = new ResourceReader(fs);
              IDictionaryEnumerator en = reader.GetEnumerator();
              while (en.MoveNext())
              {
                  string val = en.Value.ToString();
                  thisBox.Items.Add(val);
              }
              fs.Close();
              reader.Close();
          }
      }
  </code></pre>