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Prevent(manually entered) Code Removal in Resources.Designer

I've added a small function in the Resources.Designer.cs and it working great, the problem is that when I add or remove something from the Resources.resx this function always get removed, is there any indicator I could put or anyway to bypass this? Thank you! It is a really simple method used as an indexer. internal static string K...

ResXResourceWriter Chops off end of file

I'm trying to create a .resx file from a dictionary of strings. Luckily the .Net framework has a ResXResourceWriter class. The only problem is that when I create the file using the code below, the last few lines of my generated resx file are missing. I checked my Dictionary and it contains all the string pairs that I expect. public v...

ASP.NET HttpContext.GetLocalResourceObject() throws InvalidOperationException

Hi all, Let's say we have such site structure: App_LocalResources       |- A.aspx.resx       |- B.aspx.resx A.aspx B.aspx Now I use HttpContext.GetLocalResourceObject("~/A.aspx", "Key1") in A.aspx.cs, and it works fine. But if I use HttpContext.GetLocalResourceObject("~/A.aspx", "Key1") in B.aspx.cs, it throws an exception: The resou...

Any easy method for finding missing meta:resourcekey's?

So I've been adding lots of code to a localized .NET project, and now I'm dreading going back through the source to locate and add all the missing meta:resourcekey entries that I've missed. Anyone have any tips on how to find and add them? Upon initial creation of the page, I generally just use the "Generate Local Resource File" func...

How to generate Automatically resx files for project

Hello, I want to generation automatically Resx files for my project, I've heared that there's program which does it. Can anyone tell me it's name? ...

Can one local .resx string reference another local .resx string?

I am trying to determine if it is possible to add a concatenated string to one of my local .resx files. This example should clarify: Let's say I have a simple ASP.NET webpage composed of (1) a label whose text is an important keyword (2) an input with required field validation and (3) a button that causes validation to occur: (lblMyInp...

Dynamically loading a resource and reading the correct value for the CurrentUICulture

I'm creating a method to convert an enum to a friendly string. The friendly names are stored in a resource file and are subject to globalization. So I created two resource file: Enums.resx and Enums.pt-BR.resx whose keys are the name of the enum followed ny it's value (i.e DeliveryStatus_WaitingForPayment). This is the got I'm using to ...

Need helped understanding .resx variables

I am working on a project for my company, and while tracing previously written code I came upon this: <value>A payment authorization for {0:C} has been received.</value> What does {0:C} mean? I have been trying to find out and am having no luck. ...

What is the form1.resx file ? Can we delete this and still run error free ?

Hi, I want to know what this form1.resx button is all about. I read up this thread and got to know more about the Program.cs(main() file), form1.cs(logical code) and form1.Designer.cs(UI related code) but not the form1.resx file. Is there any harm if I delete it. What is the purpose of the form1.resx file ?? Many Thanks ...

Storing custom properties in resx files in Compact Framework

We are developing a CF application and are making use of the default localization/resource handling in the framework (that is, when editing a form in the designer properties like Text have their value stored in the .resx files and the resource manager and framework loads it for us again in the selected locale using satelite assemblies an...

Borrowing resources from another assembly

Hi.. I have project with my resources (resx files), and I want to use them as App_GlobalResources in another assembly which is asp.net project. Now I've tried to click on Add > Existing Item > Add as link, and despite the files are visible int this folder, they are missing on the runtime and i see info that the application cannot find...

how to store settings for deployable c# application?

I want to store settings for my C# application, such that default setttings can be easily shipped with my binaries and the end-user can change them using a simple text editor(or in some other simple way). I seem to face several alternatives : a .config file, .settings file or a .resx file. What are the pros and cons of these? Edit1: En...

Workaround for parsing resxfileref with relative paths?

When using ResXResourceReader to iterate through a ResX file with a ResXFileRef (given a relative path) the referenced file obviously cannot be found unless the application is running in a specific folder. Is there anyway to skip ResXFileRefs specifically while using ResXResourceReader? Or what alternative ways work? My application ne...

Do I need the resx Designer.cs file?

My company uses a combination of some database tables, a web page front end and an "export" application to handle our string resources in our web sites. The export application used to work just fine when we used VS2008, but since switching to VS2010 the resources now have a designer.cs file "beneath" them in the solution explorer. The ...

[.NET] Get all available cultures from a .resx file group

I need to programatically list the available cultures in a resx file group, but the ResourceManager class doesn't seem to help. I may have : Labels.resx Labels.fr-FR.resx Labels.ro-RO.resx and so on However, how can I find these three (or how many would there be) cultures at runtime? ...

"Run Custom Tool" for resx files in MVC2 project (from an external application/script)

I am trying to get the localization for my MVC project working with our existing infrastructure for editing string resources. We store all our resource string in database tables and have a front end web UI to edit them with, and an export application which generated the .resx files. This all works great, but I am having a little difficul...

ASP.NET - why is the default resx file being used in the code-behind when the localized one is being used by the markup?

I am creating an ASP.NET web application in C#, and have to localize the application into English and French. I have created two resources files: App_GlobalResources\Resources.resx and App_GlobalResources\Resources.fr.resx containing the english and french content. When I run the application with my browser set to French (fr_FR), the fr...

Best Tool/Method to Keep .Resx and Designer.cs Files in a Consistent Order

I work in a development shop with about 20 other developers. It's really a chore to have to merge changes to a Designer.cs file or a .Resx file, when 50% of the changes just involved a change in ordering of the same code in two updates. What do other development teams do to keep these files in order, such that when two people make chan...

How Can i put span tag inside RESX file?

I have xml file "Strings.resx" for translation and i want to make some text highlighted i tried to put span some thing like this <span style="background: red;color: #000000;">VERDERGAAT</span> and it doesn't work. ...

Why am I getting App_GlobalResources assembly generated? (Error = CS0433)

I'm working on a ASP.NET MVC2 project, for which I have configured the localisation as follows ... I have a separate Resources assembly, containing all my resx files. The settings for each resx file are... Build Action = Embedded Resource Copy to Output Directory = Do not copy Custom Tool = PublicResXFileCodeG...