Projected field display name localization

Question

I have view definition with projected fields. I need to get display names for these projected fields from a resource file, because the solution must work for different languages.

I've tried this:

<ProjectedFields>
	<Field Name="DocType"
             DisplayName="$Resources:DMResources,DocTypeFieldName"
             Type="Lookup"
             List="docs"
             ShowField="CalculatedDocType" />
</ProjectedFields>

No luck there. In the view this field display name is "DocType".

I've also tried this:

<ViewFields>
	<FieldRef Name="DocType" DisplayName="$Resources:DMResources,DocTypeFieldName"></FieldRef>
</ViewFields>

Again in the view this field display name is "DocType".

Am I doing something wrong? Is there any other way to get the display name for projected field from resource string?

Answer 1

Hi,

Where is the location DMResources.resx?

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Regards, Bilal | SharePoint Specialist

Answer 2

Hi,

Resource files are located in {SharePointRoot}\Resources folder.

Answer 3

I guess you are deploying thru features, create a folder inside the feature folder called: "Resources" the move your resource file there and name it: "Resources.resx" then you use it inside the xml like: $Resources:DocTypeFieldName

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Regards, Bilal | SharePoint Specialist

Answer 4

Well, I've tried resources located in  {SharePointRoot}\Resources, the application global resources and the feature specific resources with no success.

So I used another solution. I added the "DocType" field as additional field to a lookup field, defined in the list definition:

<Fields>
      <Field ID="{02A15F14-FA4F-43B2-9990-09B5EED66779}"
          Name="Document"
          StaticName="Document"
          DisplayName="$Resources:DMResources,DocumentFieldName"
          Type="Lookup"
          List="Lists/Documents"
          ShowField="Title">
      </Field>
      <Field ID="{1ED073D2-9C98-4902-BD17-EA0D6850038C}"
          Name="DocumentType"
          DisplayName="$Resources:DMResources,DocTypeFieldName"
          Type="Lookup"
          List="Lists/Documents"
          FieldRef="{02a15f14-fa4f-43b2-9990-09b5eed66779}"
          ShowField="CalculatedDocType"
          ReadOnly="TRUE"/>
    </Fields>

Then I added it to the ViewFields, And now everything is working as expected.

I hoped that I wouldn't have to use that way, I need to use this field only in one view for this list, that is hidden from the UI.

I still would like to know if there is any way to get the display name for a projected field from resource.