WinForms strings in resource files, wired up in designer

Question

I\'m trying to localise a WinForms app for multiple languages. I\'m trying to find a way to set my form labels/buttons text properties to read from the resources file in the des

Answer 1

I think I found a way to do this!

First in your Resources.resx set the Access Modifier to Public.

After that in the designer generated code (Form.Designer.cs) you can write this to the appropriate control:

this..Text = Properties.Resources.

for example:

this.footerLabel.Text = Properties.Resources.footerString;

ps.:I don't know how ethical this solution is, but it works!