Using ResourceManager

Question

I\'m trying to use the ResourceManager in a C# class, but don\'t know what to substitute for the basename when creating a new instance of the ResourceManager class.

Answer 1

The quick and dirty way to check what string you need it to look at the generated .resources files.

Your .resources are generated in the resources projects obj/Debug directory. (if not right click on .resx file in solution explorer and hit 'Run Custom Tool' to generate the .resources files)

Navigate to this directory and have a look at the filenames. You should see a file ending in XYZ.resources. Copy that filename and remove the trailing .resources and that is the file you should be loading.

For example in my obj/Bin directory I have the file:

MyLocalisation.Properties.Resources.resources

If the resource files are in the same Class library/Application I would use the following C#

ResourceManager RM = new ResourceManager("MyLocalisation.Properties.Resources", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());

However, as it sounds like you are using the resources file from a separate Class library/Application you probably want

Assembly localisationAssembly = Assembly.Load("MyLocalisation");
ResourceManager RM =  new ResourceManager("MyLocalisation.Properties.Resources", localisationAssembly);