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Resources (resx) with Python

Do you know of any Python module for resources (resx files) manipulation? P.S.: I know I could write a custom wrapper on top of base XML processor available, I'm just checking out before going to hack my own code... ...

LINQ to resx?

I'm trying to build a way to get the key for a given piece of text in a given resx file at runtime. Currently, I can open and read the file (Using ResXResourceReader) but I have to use a foreach to go over the entire file. This could be a performance issue, as some of our resx files are fairly large (in the order of 2000 strings) and w...

asp.net: deploying local resources - is embedding possible?

I have an asp.net app with some local resources. These resources are used in the aspx and code-behind files: aspx: <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Text="<%$ Resources:testTag %>" /> .vb: TextBox1.Text = GetLocalResourceObject("testTag").ToString If I deploy the .resx files with the app, there are no problems. However, if ...

Enumerating translated .resx resources at runtime in WPF application

I've been doing localization for my WPF application by storing strings in .resx files. My default (english) string resource is strings.resx. For other languages are called strings.fr-FR.resx for French, strings.es-ES.resx for Spanish and so on. This method of localization has been great as my app will automatically load up the right str...

ASP.NET Localization Issue

I have succesfully added localization to my website. Came next day and it does not work. After reading alot of posts and did some troubleshooting my self. I found out that the Page ignores the page.aspx.en-US.resx. Because I dont have a standard resx for the page it shows the label caption i have in the designer. I just took out the en-U...

C#: Resource file refactoring

Does anyone know of a good tool for refactoring resources in a visual studio 2008 solution? We have a number of resource files with translated text in an assembly used for localizing our application. But they have gotten a bit messy... I would like to rename some of the keys, and move some of them into other resource files. And I would ...

Valid resource keys in ASP.NET .resx resource files

I am using a CMS tool to generate .resx resource files. Is there any danger in creating resource names with spaces or punctuation characters in them? If I use this syntax to get resources, it works fine: GetGlobalResourceObject("myresources", "audio,visual"); However, this causes an error with declarative resource syntax, e.g.: <as...

C# I18N - Is it possible to include language resource files without creating a dll?

Hi All, I'm working on converting some exiting code to take advantage of the Internationalisation tools in VS.Net 2005. I've been asked to do this without creating any additional dlls if at all possible. I've tried a few different things and searched around, but I'm not sure if this can be done, so I thought I'd ask you guys. Any ideas...

How to get the names of all resources in a resource file

Within a Visual Basic Project I have added a resource file (resx) that contains a bunch of images. Now I want to query the names of the images. If I open the resx file in the designer view in the Visual Studio IDE and select an image, the property grid shows me a name property (defaults to "filename without extension but can be changed)...

Running PublicResXFileCodeGenerator at compile time

We are using PublicResXFileCodeGenerator to generate *.Designer.cs files from *.resx files. Currently, these are generated whenever the .resx is saved or when we right click and choose "Run Custom Tool". I want to be able to run this tool automatically at build time, rather than having to do it manually. The Designer.cs files are not ...

How do I tell my application which resx file to use when it is passed a culture it doesn't understand? (WPF)

Subject says it all. I have Resources.en-US.resx, Resources.de-DE.resx, etc. I don't ever want the basic Resources.resx file to be referenced. If someone passes me a language that I don't have a resx for I want it to drop back and use Resources.en-US.resx. Anyone? ...

Caching Resource Files

Would there be any point in adding resx files to a distributed cache? What is the overhead of accessing the resources that would be saved by either a) caching the resource file itself b) caching the individual resources in the file? One immediate drawback is that it would break the internationalisation capabilites that you get. ...

ASP.NET Localizations and User definded language.

I'm working on a asp.net web application and one of the requirements is that the user has to be able to select the language they want. I"m using Resx files to store the locals. What my question is do I need to change the CurrentCulture of the thread every time a page is loaded or is there a way to have it handled automatically when a lo...

.resx file the page is currently using

How do you get the .resx file the page is currently using? For example, if I set culture to fr-FR on Default.aspx, it should give me Default.aspx.fr.resx or Default.aspx.fr-FR.resx or Default.aspx.resx depends on which one exists. Do they have something like that in ASP.NET or I have to write it myself? ...

What are the benefits of resource(.resx) files?

What compelling reasons exist for using them? ...

Is there a way to dynamically populate a drop down list with values from a resource file?

So I have this .resx file and I want its values shown in a drop down list in ASP.NET MVC (C#). Is this possible? Google couldn't help me, so I hope SO can :-) ...

New string added to .resx file in VS2008 cause compilation error that it doesn't exist

I recently upgraded my projects from VS2005 to VS2008. I use a .resx file to store strings and it worked fine with VS2005. Now, with VS2008, I added a new string to Strings.resx file and used it in my code (C#). But I got a compilation error that my new string doesn't exist in Strings. I asked my colleague to check it on his machine an...

Access resx resource files from another project

Hello, this is my first question on here so be gentle! Im using asp.net 3.5, my solution currently has 2 projects, an API class project and a website project, within the class project i have a resource file named checkin.resx. For me to be able to access the resource files from my website project, i had to set the "Access Modifier" to ...

Are there any performance issues or caveats with resource (.resx) files?

Resource files seem great for localization of labels and messages, but are they perfect? For example: Is there a better solution if there is a huge amount of resources? Like 100,000 strings in a .resx file? (Theoretically, I do not actually have this problem) Is this a good method for storing the other types of data, such as Images, ...

Getting a list of available (languages) resx files

Many many programs have communities that adds languages to the application after it got released. So, in the settings window of a program, people can see a dropdown list of available languages. Well how do people code this while using resx files for localization? I've searched the web over and over again, but couldn't find any answer. ...