Question

I have this function and it works fine to get a translated value from this specific resource file called OkayMessages.

public static string GetResourceString(string resourceKey){
  ResourceManager resourceManager = Resources.OkayMessages.ResourceManager;
  return resourceManager.GetString(resourceKey);
}

But i have more than 1 resource file and i want this function to get values from those files as well.. Only, i’m having trouble with dynamically/programmatically selecting the right resource(manager).
I have tried to use the code below, and some variants to that, but i always get an error.

public static string GetResourceString(string resourceFile, string resourceKey){
  ResourceManager resourceManager = new System.Resources.ResourceManager("Resources." + resourceFile, Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());
  return resourceManager.GetString(resourceKey);
}

The error i got most of the times was: Could not find any resources appropriate for the specified culture or the neutral culture. Make sure “Resources.OkayMessages.resources” was correctly embedded or linked into assembly..

Update: I’m using the \App_GlobalResources\ folder for my resource files, and it seems that this is the problem. When i place a resource file in the root of my project, i can initialize a ResourceManager without problems.

Answer 1

After searching in the wrong direction for a while, I just found the most simple answer to this problem. It turns out that there is a method called GetGlobalResourceObject.

So in my case I’m now using this line of code which does all:

GetGlobalResourceObject("OkayMessages", "PasswordChanged").ToString();