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Read value from Resource file in C#

This is a snippet you can use to read a certain value from a resource file you have in your application (.resx extension)

Submitted By: PsychoCoder

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Language: C#

Last Modified: January 22, 2008

Instructions: Pass the method the name of the file you want to read from, and the key you want the value for and it returns the value

Snippet

//Namespace reference
using System;
using System.Resources;
#region ReadResourceFile
/// <summary>
/// method for reading a value from a resource file
/// (.resx file)
/// </summary>
/// <param name="file">file to read from</param>
/// <param name="key">key to get the value for</param>
/// <returns>a string value</returns>
public string ReadResourceValue(string file, string key)
{
//value for our return value
string resourceValue = string.Empty;
try
{
// specify your resource file name
string resourceFile = file;
// get the path of your file
string filePath = System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory.ToString();
// create a resource manager for reading from
//the resx file
ResourceManager resourceManager = ResourceManager.CreateFileBasedResourceManager(resourceFile, filePath, null);
// retrieve the value of the specified key
resourceValue = resourceManager.GetString(key);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
resourceValue = string.Empty;
}
return resourceValue;
}
#endregion

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//Namespace reference
using System;
using System.Resources;

#region ReadResourceFile
/// <summary>
/// method for reading a value from a resource file
/// (.resx file)
/// </summary>
/// <param name="file">file to read from</param>
/// <param name="key">key to get the value for</param>
/// <returns>a string value</returns>
public string ReadResourceValue(string file, string key)
{
    //value for our return value
    string resourceValue = string.Empty;
    try
    {
        // specify your resource file name 
        string resourceFile = file;
        // get the path of your file
        string filePath = System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory.ToString();
        // create a resource manager for reading from
        //the resx file
        ResourceManager resourceManager = ResourceManager.CreateFileBasedResourceManager(resourceFile, filePath, null);
        // retrieve the value of the specified key
        resourceValue = resourceManager.GetString(key);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
        resourceValue = string.Empty;
    }
    return resourceValue;
}
#endregion

Comments
birendrakumar25 2008-04-24 01:14:29
i am unable to read value of resx file using this method please help me i am calling this method like that string a = s.ReadResourceValue("Default.aspx.en-US.resx", "Label1Resource1.Text"); am i mistaking any where?