Globalization question.

I create a class library. Then I add default resource file to support
globalization and add strings. I want to use these resource strings outside
of this assembly, but I see that the generator makes all strings as internal
static properties.
Is there any way to make them public, so I can use them from another assembly?

Chris
Tue Mar 27 18:41:43 CDT 2007

I've run into exactly the same problem, and there are a few ways to work
around it. The underlying problem is, as you point out, that the generator
marks everything as internal.

These easiest way for me to work around this is was to have the attribute:

[assembly:
InternalsVisibleTo("Coversant.SoapBox.Services.Translation,PublicKey=0024...")]

present in my resource assembly. I was able to do this, as I know exactly
what assemblies are going to need access to the resource files. Doing this
allowed me to have a
"Coversant.SoapBox.xxx.Common" assembly that has all of my resources. The
other assemblies then use these resources as if they were public. It works
just fine.

The only tricky part was getting the public key signature right - I used
ildasm for that. If you're not strong naming your assemblies, then I would
imagine you can skip that step.

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Chris Mullins, MCSD.NET, MCPD:Enterprise, Microsoft C# MVP
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"Alexander Kolev" <AlexanderKolev@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I create a class library. Then I add default resource file to support
> globalization and add strings. I want to use these resource strings
> outside
> of this assembly, but I see that the generator makes all strings as
> internal
> static properties.
> Is there any way to make them public, so I can use them from another
> assembly?
>
>

Cowboy
Wed Mar 28 13:37:56 CDT 2007

1. Create a library that is only resource files
2. Create another project and reference the external resource file

For Windows Forms, this is pretty straightforward, although I do not have an
example.

For ASP.NET (where I am currently using it) download Michele Bustamante's
article on external resources and get her code (linked in article):

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa905797.aspx

I have blogged my recent adventures in ASP.NET on my blog
http://gregorybeamer.spaces.live.com

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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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"Alexander Kolev" <AlexanderKolev@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>I create a class library. Then I add default resource file to support
> globalization and add strings. I want to use these resource strings
> outside
> of this assembly, but I see that the generator makes all strings as
> internal
> static properties.
> Is there any way to make them public, so I can use them from another
> assembly?
>
>