Question

I want to override a string from a System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations for an ASP.NET project. Do I need to make a satellite assembly, messing with custom build tasks, al.exe etc.? Even if yes, I couldn’t find how to convert .resx to .resources to feed it to al.exe. And if no, where to put the .resx. and how to name it?

UPD: To make it clear: I wanted to use a custom resource string instead of one from the default resource from the assembly. I didn’t want to make changes in the every place that uses that string. After all, the resources exist just for overriding them.

Answer 1

While this is strange, especially for people familiar with open source localization technologies, one cannot build a satellite assembly for any system assembly or even a 3rd-party signed one:

If your main assembly uses strong
naming, satellite assemblies must be
signed with the same private key as
the main assembly. If the
public/private key pair does not match
between the main and satellite
assemblies, your resources will not be
loaded.

Whether the same is possible automatically, but without a satellite assembly, is unknown, though I doubt that.