ResourceManager trying to load .resources not .resx file

Question

I am trying to load a resx file in my .net website using:

ResourceManager rm = new ResourceManager( \"Project.Resource\", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly() );
         


        

Answer 1

I'm not sure which version of .NET Framework are you using.

Try channging the way how you bring the ResourceManager to life.

ResourceManager rm = 
     new ResourceManager("Project.Resource", 
                         System.Reflection.Assembly.Load("App_LocalResources"));

It should work.

This is also exposed as a static property of the automatically generated .designer.cs class of the concrete resorce manager.

Answer 2

Add the .resx extension explicitly.

You can also use the auto-generated class and use its properties if that is suitable for your project.

Answer 3

There's surprisingly simple way of reading resource by string:

ResourceNamespace.ResxFileName.ResourceManager.GetString("ResourceKey")

It's clean and elegant solution for reading resources by keys where "dot notation" cannot be used (for instance when resource key is persisted in the database).

Answer 4

To load .resx into ResourceManager you need specify namespace

var rm = new ResourceManager("Namespace.ResxName", Assembly.GetAssembly());

or you can get ResourceManager for free if set Access Modifier inside Managed Resource Editor to Internal or Public, after that VS will generate ResxName.Designer.cs

var rm = ResxName.ResourceManager;

Answer 5

I think the way you are using ResourceManager is wrong. See this post.

Also note, when you open Visual Studio command prompt, & run resgen.exe, it says its used to convert resource files from one format to another (i.e. resx to resources). I think, you will need to convert your file to resources from resx & then load it using resourceManager.