I knew it was possible, but never took the time to have a closer look at how to do it.

With embedded resources you can embed whole files (binary and text) in your assembly. Today I created a Console application that provides help when you pass the '/?' switch. The helpfile is a plain textfile, embedded in the assembly.

Here's how it is done:

1. Add the textfile to your project.
2. Set the property 'Build Action' to 'Embedded Resource'.
3. Use code below to retrieve file as string.

private static string GetFileFromResources(string filename)
{
Assembly assembly;
assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
Stream stream =
assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("Type assembly namespace here" + "." + filename);
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(stream);
string file = sr.ReadToEnd();
return file;
}