Question

I have a simple question

Is it possible to download a specific resource file from a visible aspx page in my internet browser?

Just the way we do download .js (javascript) files.

I want to download Spanish (es-MX) resx file of a visible aspx page which is showing in spanish.

Answer 1

Resx files aren’t served up by the web server (which is a good thing, because some developers store things in there that should not be made public.)

The answer to this question describes how to create a handler that will output the contents of a resx file, where the variable ‘name’ is the filename of your resx file.

Response.TransmitFile(Server.MapPath("~/App_LocalResources/" + name))

EDIT: some extra detail

Having created your handler (let’s call it GetResources.ashx), you would pass the filename to the handler using a querystring parameter. For example,

GetResources.ashx?name=Default.es-MX.resx

In the handler:

string name = Request.QueryString["name"].ToString(); // but check for null etc.

It’s not a good idea to have this handler on your production site in a public directory, so either password protect it, or remove it entirely from your release version.