diff --git a/DTLib/Filesystem/EmbeddedResources.cs b/DTLib/Filesystem/EmbeddedResources.cs
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+using System.IO;
+using System.Reflection;
+
+namespace DTLib.Filesystem;
+
+public static class EmbeddedResources
+{
+    public static Stream GetResourceStream(string resourcePath, Assembly assembly = null) =>
+        (assembly ?? Assembly.GetCallingAssembly())
+        .GetManifestResourceStream(resourcePath)
+        ?? throw new Exception($"embedded resource <{resourcePath}> not found");
+
+    public static byte[] ReadBynary(string resourcePath, Assembly assembly = null)
+    {
+        if (assembly == null) assembly = Assembly.GetCallingAssembly();
+        using var reader = new BinaryReader(GetResourceStream(resourcePath, assembly));
+        return reader.ReadBytes(int.MaxValue);
+    }
+
+
+    public static string ReadText(string resourcePath, Assembly assembly = null)
+    {
+        if (assembly == null) assembly = Assembly.GetCallingAssembly();
+        using var reader = new StreamReader(GetResourceStream(resourcePath, assembly));
+        return reader.ReadToEnd();
+    }
+}
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