how to install Microsoft MVC 2.0 System.Web.Mvc.dll own resources files?

Question

Hi everyone,

by default, MVC 2.0 come with an english resource file in the System.Web.Mvc.dll. When you install the french version of Visual Studio 2010 (and probably other languages), it will add a localized resource file for this language in C:\Program Files\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET MVC 2\Assemblies\fr\System.Web.Mvc.resources.dll.

On my servers, i have installed AspNetMVC2_VS2008.exe to have MVC 2.0 installed but it only contain the english language and i don't know how to install the other resources files. I also tried to copy the resource file from my computer but it doesnt work.

The only way that i've found to make it work is by changing the 'copy local' option to true for the System.Web.Mvc.dll reference in my project. That way, it will bring the dll with the resources files that i have on my computer.

But what if i didnt have installed the french version of Visual Studio 2010? I wouldnt have access to the french resource file of the dll. So how can i install the localized resources files for this dll?

alex

Answer 1

There may be a way to 'really' install MVC 2.0 on your server, but why would you want to do that?

The 'copy local' option is perfectly OK because ASP.NET (MVC) apps can be deployed by simply copying the application (or a pre-compiled version) to the server. I find that using XCopy deployment makes my applications more self contained and easier to deploy because there is less configuration and installation work to be done on the server.