Question

I’m trying to put this string in my resources:

Environment.CurrentDirectory + \\Server Files\\

But whenever I load the string, the Environment.CurrentDirectory part is shown as normal text instead of the current directory path :(.

Example:

Console.WriteLine(Resources.ServerFilesLocation); // Doesn't give me a path, but just plain text.

Answer 1

Any runtime environment value cannot be stored as a string in resources. What you should do is create a layer between. Something like:

static class ResourceManager
{
    public static string ServerFilesLocation { 
        get { 
            return String.Format(Resources.ServerFilesDirectory, Environment.CurrentDirectory);
            // ServerFilesDirectory = "{0}\\Server Files\\" or something similar
        } 
    }
}

And use it like: Console.WriteLine(ResourceManager.ServerFilesLocation);