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Can an attribute refer to an embedded resource?

I am working on an application that generates a tree structure of nodes. There are many types of nodes, each of which has a specific behavior and properties. I want to bind each node type to properties, including display name, description and 16x16 icon.

Here is the code for the custom attribute that I created:

public class NodeTypeInfoAttribute : Attribute
{
    public NodeTypeInfoAttribute(string displayName, string description, System.Drawing.Image icon)
        : this(displayName, description)
    {
        this.Icon = icon;
    }

    public NodeTypeInfoAttribute(string displayName, string description, string iconPath):this(displayName,description)
    {

        String absPath;
        if (System.IO.Path.IsPathRooted(iconPath))
        {
            absPath = iconPath;
        }
        else
        {
            string folder = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);
            absPath = System.IO.Path.Combine(folder, iconPath);
        }

        try
        {
            System.Drawing.Image i = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(absPath);
        }
        catch (System.IO.FileNotFoundException)
        {
            Icon = null;
        }
    }

    public NodeTypeInfoAttribute(string displayName, string description)
    {
        this.DisplayName = displayName;
        this.Description = description;
    }

    public string DisplayName
    {
        get;
        private set;
    }


    public string Description
    {
        get;
        private set;
    }

    public System.Drawing.Image Icon
    {
        get;
        set;
    }

}

Notice that I have a constructor that points the icon as the path to the file, and a constructor that points the icon as System.Drawing.Image.

So, ultimately, I would like to use this attribute with an embedded image resource like this.

[NodeTypeInfo("My Node","Sample Description",Properties.Resources.CustomIcon)]
public class CustomNode:Node
{
...

However, this code returns an error

An attribute argument must be a constant expression, typeof expression or 
array creation` expression of an attribute parameter type

Is there any other way to associate a type (not an instance) of a class with an icon image?

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