Question

i have a problem internationalizing my code. It pretty much works great everywhere on my site, except in this part of code.

[DataType(DataType.Password)]
    [Display(ResourceType = typeof(strings), Name = "BevestigWachtwoord")]
    private CultureInfo resourceCulture;
    [Compare("Password", ErrorMessage = ResourceManager.GetString("PassMismatch",resourceCulture))]
    public string ConfirmPassword { get; set; }

the error(Object reference is required………) is at ResourceManager.GetString(“PassMismatch”,resourceCulture))]
I get the same error if i try ErrorMessage=strings.PassMismatch (where strings is my resourse file)
when i just fill in a string, it does work.
i had the same problem for display, but i fixed that by doing

[Display(ResourceType = typeof(strings), Name = "Email")]

Is there something similar i can try here?

EDIT : My Errors

Error 13 An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property ‘MvcApplication2.Models.RegisterModel.resourceCulture’ C:\Users\stuart\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\MvcApplication2\MvcApplication2\Models\AccountModels.cs 74 86 MvcApplication2
Error 14 An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property ‘System.Resources.ResourceManager.GetString(string, System.Globalization.CultureInfo)’ C:\Users\stuart\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\MvcApplication2\MvcApplication2\Models\AccountModels.cs 74 45 MvcApplication2
Error 11 The expression being assigned to ‘MvcApplication2.Models.RegisterModel.error’ must be constant C:\Users\stuart\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\MvcApplication2\MvcApplication2\Models\AccountModels.cs 67 30 MvcApplication2
Error 12 The property or indexer ‘MvcApplication2.strings.PassMismatch’ cannot be used in this context because it lacks the get accessor C:\Users\stuart\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\MvcApplication2\MvcApplication2\Models\AccountModels.cs 67 30 MvcApplication2

for the other comment, i’m trying stuff like
ErrorMessage = resourceCulture ResourceManager.GetString(“PassMismatch”,Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture))]

but just nothing is working

Answer 1

Replace this line:

[Compare("Password", ErrorMessage = ResourceManager.GetString("PassMismatch",resourceCulture))]

With this line:

[Compare("Password", ErrorMessageResourceType = typeof(strings), ErrorMessageResourceName = "PassMismatch")]

And make sure you’ve added your PassMismatch string to the resource file that is mapped to your strings resource type.