Unable to use Environment.GetResourceString static method

Question

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text;

namespace ConsoleApplication
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var x = Environment.GetResourceString("test"); //compile-time error
        }
    }
}

The error is: 'System.Environment' does not contain a definition for 'GetResourceString'.

EDIT: OP has stated that he's using the Compact Framework, v3.5.

I dont get the picture, what's wrong with my code? Thanks!

Answer 1

Environment.GetResourceString appears to be present, according to MSDN, only in version 2.0 of the Compact Framework. If the article is to be believed, it's never existed in the standard framework.

What are you trying to do? If it's localization you're after, you may want ResourceManager.GetString.

System.Resources.ResourceManager myManager = new 
   System.Resources.ResourceManager("ResourceNamespace.myResources", 
   myAssembly);

// Retrieves String and Image resources.
string myString = myManager.GetString("StringResource");

Answer 2

Environment.GetResourceString is not public

internal static string GetResourceString(string key);

See Michael Petrottas answer for how to access resources or have a look at the samples here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.resources.resourcemanager.aspx