Hi,

i am developing a website and a dll .... in the App_GlobalResources 
directory are some .resx-files.... which filename i know.
I want to use them in a dll which is in the bin-directory?

how can i do that?

thanks,
alex

Hi Alexander


> i am developing a website and a dll .... in the App_GlobalResources 
> directory are some .resx-files.... which filename i know.
> I want to use them in a dll which is in the bin-directory?
>
> how can i do that?

Mark "Build Action" in the Properties of the resx file to "Embedded 
Resource".
You can seee a screenshoot of the propertie window here:
- http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/080906-1.aspx

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Hello Peter Bucher [MVP],


> Hi Alexander
> 
>> i am developing a website and a dll .... in the App_GlobalResources
>> directory are some .resx-files.... which filename i know.
>> I want to use them in a dll which is in the bin-directory?
>> how can i do that?
>> 
> Mark "Build Action" in the Properties of the resx file to "Embedded
> Resource".
> You can seee a screenshoot of the propertie window here:
> - http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/080906-1.aspx


I think what he's trying to do is to use the resources in the website project 
in a project that is referenced by the website project.

So basically with a solution liek this:

+ solution
|- Project1
|- Website
   |- References
   |  |- Project1
   |- App_GlobalResources
       |- Resource.Resx

And now he wants to access the resources in App_GlobalResources from sources 
inside Project1.

The official word on this is that it cannot be done.

My guess is that using some creativity in the way you instantiate your resourcemanager 
woudl actually get it to work, but I cannot guarantee that it will stay that 
way.

The ResourceManager constructor get's an Assembly and a Resource name. For 
the assembly try using Assebly.GetExecutingAssembly which with a bit of luck 
resolves to the assembly in which the resource file was compiled. As name 
for the resource... I'm not sure what the full name will be. You could try 
using Lutz Roeder's Reflector to see how the compiler actually named it. 
I'd guess something like 'WebSiteProjectsName.App_GlaobalResources.Resource.Resx.recource'.

From there you can use the GetString method of the Resource Manager to access 
strings in the resource file.

A better solution would be to add a project to your solution which contains 
the resources. Then use those resources from both the project and the website.

+ solution
|- ResourceProject
|  |- Resource.Resx
|- Project1
|  |- References
|  |  |- ResourceProject
|- Website
   |- References
   |  |- Project1
   |  |- ResourceProject
   |- App_GlobalResources

Jesse

Hello Peter Bucher [MVP],


> Hi Alexander
> 
>> i am developing a website and a dll .... in the App_GlobalResources
>> directory are some .resx-files.... which filename i know.
>> I want to use them in a dll which is in the bin-directory?
>> how can i do that?
>> 
> Mark "Build Action" in the Properties of the resx file to "Embedded
> Resource".
> You can seee a screenshoot of the propertie window here:
> - http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/080906-1.aspx


I think what he's trying to do is to use the resources in the website project 
in a project that is referenced by the website project.

So basically with a solution like this:

+ solution
|- Project1
|- Website
|- References
| |- Project1
|- App_GlobalResources
|- Resource.Resx

And now he wants to access the resources in App_GlobalResources from sources 
inside Project1.

The official word on this is that it cannot be done.

My guess is that using some creativity in the way you instantiate your resourcemanager 
woudl actually get it to work, but I cannot guarantee that it will stay that 
way.

The ResourceManager constructor get's an Assembly and a Resource name. For 
the assembly try using Assebly.GetExecutingAssembly which with a bit of luck 
resolves to the assembly in which the resource file was compiled. As name 
for the resource... I'm not sure what the full name will be. You could try 
using Lutz Roeder's Reflector to see how the compiler actually named it. 
I'd guess something like 'WebSiteProjectsName.App_GlaobalResources.Resource.Resx.recource'.

From there you can use the GetString method of the Resource Manager to access 
strings in the resource file.

A better solution would be to add a project to your solution which contains 
the resources. Then use those resources from both the project and the website.

+ solution
|- ResourceProject
| |- Resource.Resx
|- Project1
| |- References
| | |- ResourceProject
|- Website
|- References
| |- Project1
| |- ResourceProject
|- App_GlobalResources

Jesse