How can I have an entire folder be an embedded resource in a Visual Studio project?

Question

I\'m working on a project which we\'ll call Container. Container has a bunch of EmbeddedResources. The original files for these EmbeddedResources are another project which we\

Answer 1

Edit the project file for Container in a text editor and find the <EmbeddedResource> elements that link to the files in FileProject:

<EmbeddedResource Include="..\FileProject\Copy.bmp">
  <Link>Copy.bmp</Link>
</EmbeddedResource>
<EmbeddedResource Include="..\FileProject\Paste.bmp">
  <Link>Paste.bmp</Link>
</EmbeddedResource>

Delete all of these elements and replace them with a single <EmbeddedResource> element that has a suitable wildcard:

<EmbeddedResource Include="..\FileProject\*.bmp" />

Now if you add Cut.bmp to FileProject, it will also show up in Container.