How do I read *.resx files and create *.resources files in C#?

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How do I read *.resx files and create *.resources files in C#?

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Answer 1

We can use ResXResourceReader to read *.resx files. 

Code Snippet:

// Create a ResXResourceReader for the file items.resx.
ResXResourceReader rsxr = new ResXResourceReader(@"C:\Resource1.resx");

// Create an IDictionaryEnumerator to iterate through the resources.
IDictionaryEnumerator id = rsxr.GetEnumerator();

// Iterate through the resources and display the contents
foreach (DictionaryEntry d in rsxr)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Key: {0}  Value: {1}",     
                              d.Key.ToString(),d.Value.ToString());
}

 

We can use FileStream and ResourceWriter to create a *.resources file. 

Code Snippet:

string value = "Hello world";
string name = "name";

FileStream fs = new FileStream(@"C:\items.resources", FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write);

IResourceWriter writer = new ResourceWriter(fs);
writer.AddResource(name, value);
writer.Close();

 

Related thread:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/csharpgeneral/thread/37bb70b9-5cdb-46dc-bb12-ebeb88061597/

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Answer 2

Hi,

You can also use ResourceManager class to access the resources.

ResourceManager rm;
this.rm.GetString(resourcename);