vb.net: Get to resources of a referenced project

Question

I have a project which contains all custom controls and images; we'll call it projectBase. Now I have created a windows forms project (project1) that references projectBase. I need to access the embedded resource (images) of projectBase in project1. Any idea how i can pull this off?

Answer 1

In project properties, under Resources, you have the Access Modifier at the top, which you can set as Public. Now you can access resources from the other project like this:

Dim someResource = MyReferencedProject.My.Resources.SomeResource

Answer 2

One option would be to expose the images as readonly properties of your custom control classes.