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I'm converting a COM Extension to an Add-In. The old extension installed a PDF alongside the .dll and an Command in the extension start the PDF Viewer process (using Process.Start(pdflocation).

I'm running into trouble duplicating this with the Add-In structure.

In Visual Studio I have my PDF file included in a 'Resources' folder I made. I've got the PDF's Build Action set to AddInContent. Where can I find this file after the Add-In is deployed?

I used Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location; to see that the .dll file is located in C:\Users\myuseraccount\AppData\Local\ESRI\Desktop10.2\AssemblyCache\{<AddIn GUID>}\ but I do not see my Resources directory here (or even the Images directory containing the images that my Add-In buttons and tools use)

So like the title states... How do I access files in an Add-In that have a Build Type of AddInContent?

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Aha! I figured it out.

What I had to do was set the PDF's 'Build Action' to 'Content' and then set 'Copy to Output Directory' to 'Always'.

More information here: Advanced add-in concepts / File Structure

Just have to RTFM I guess ;)

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