Have a Form opened multiple times with different Localizations in Visual Studio

Question

Hello,

I'm developing a localizable product and Forms have the Localizable property set to True but it is difficult to me to work at the different versions of the Forms if I have to switch from on Language to another one. Is there a way to have the form opened twice (or more) with different localizations? (as they are really different forms using different .resx files I think that this should not be a problem)

Thanks in advance mates!

EDIT: Of course I'm talking about switching language at design-time to design the forms and apply changes done in one of the to all the other.

Answer 1

Maybe you can get some useful ideas from this article: Instantly Changing Language in the Form

Answer 2

Copy your project to another directory and start another instance of Visual Studio. Copy the .resx file back when you're done.

You could also consider using WinRes.exe, the stand-alone localizer. It's available in the Windows SDK's bin directory.

Answer 3

Maybe you should take a look at this tool: Zeta Resource Editor

Zeta Resource Editor is a small utility application that enables you to edit string resources from multiple different resource files together inside one single data grid.

I have used this tool with great success in the past. The only thing you have to do is to include newly created .resx files in your solution.