I have the following class defined:

[DesignTimeVisible(false),
ToolboxItem(false),
Designer("Agrovision.Data.Design.CommandDesigner, Agrovision.Data.Design,
Version=3.0.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=27bbda75f3eecde7",
typeof(IDesigner))]
public class CommandClass: Component
{
    private string FCommandText;
    private string FConnectionName;
    private string FTableName;
    [DefaultValue(null),
           Editor("Agrovision.Data.Design.CommandTextEditor,
Agrovision.Data.Design, Version=3.0.3.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=27bbda75f3eecde7", typeof(UITypeEditor))]
    public string CommandText
    {
        get
        {
            return FCommandText;
        }
        set
        {
            if (FCommandText != value)
            {
                if (value == null || value.Trim() == String.Empty)
                    FCommandText = null;
                else
                    FCommandText = value;
            }
        }
    }

    [DefaultValue(null),
         Editor("Agrovision.Data.Design.ConnectionNameEditor,
Agrovision.Data.Design, Version=3.0.3.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=27bbda75f3eecde7", typeof(UITypeEditor))]
    public string ConnectionName
    {
        get
        {
            return FConnectionName;
        }
        set
        {
            if (FConnectionName != value)
            {
                if (value == null || value.Trim() == String.Empty)
                    FConnectionName = null;
                else
                    FConnectionName = value;
            }
        }
    }
    [DefaultValue(null)]
    public string TableName
    {
        get
        {
            return FTableName;
        }
        set
        {
            if (FTableName != value)
            {
                //Check is FTableName is unique
                if (value == null || value.Trim() == String.Empty)
                    FTableName = null;
                else
                {
                    FTableName = value;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

When I place this component on a form which has the localizeble property set
to true, the value of the CommandText property is saved to the resx file,
while the values of the ConnectionName and TableName properties are saved in
the Designer.cs file.

What's the reason for this behaviour and how can I prevent that the value of
the CommandText is saved in the resx, because it's not localizable, ofcours.

Hello,

The main difference between the "CommandText" and "ConnectionName" is their
Editor attributes:

Agrovision.Data.Design.CommandTextEditor
Agrovision.Data.Design.ConnectionNameEditor

Have you check the implemnents of these two Editors, to see if they cause
the problem? Or you may post their code here so that we can build a similar
component and test to see if we can reproduce the problem?

Sincerely,

Luke Zhang

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Hello,

Here is the code of the CommandText and ConnectionName editors:

    public class ConnectionNameEditor: UITypeEditor
    {
        public ConnectionNameEditor()
        {
        }

        private ListBox FListBox;
        private IWindowsFormsEditorService edSvc;

        public override object
EditValue(System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext context,
System.IServiceProvider provider, object value)
        {
            ListBox oListBox = CreateListBox(value);
            edSvc =
(IWindowsFormsEditorService)provider.GetService(typeof(IWindowsFormsEditorService));
            if (edSvc != null)
            {
                edSvc.DropDownControl(oListBox);
                return oListBox.SelectedItem;
            }
            return value;
        }

        public override UITypeEditorEditStyle GetEditStyle(ITypeDescriptorContext
            context)
        {
            return UITypeEditorEditStyle.DropDown;
        }

        private ListBox CreateListBox(object aCurrentValue)
        {
//            if (FListBox == null)
//            {
                FListBox = new ListBox();
                FListBox.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.None;
                FListBox.Click += new EventHandler(ListBox_Click);

                //Fill ConnectionNames
                FListBox.Items.AddRange(DesignTimeConnections.Connections.AllKeys);
                if (aCurrentValue == null)
                    FListBox.SelectedIndex = -1;
                else
                    FListBox.SelectedIndex = FListBox.Items.IndexOf(aCurrentValue);
                FListBox.Height = FListBox.PreferredHeight;
//            }
            return FListBox;
        }

        private void ListBox_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            edSvc.CloseDropDown();
        }
    }

    public class CommandTextEditor: UITypeEditor
    {
        private ListBox FListBox;
        private IWindowsFormsEditorService edSvc;

        public override object
EditValue(System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext context,
System.IServiceProvider provider, object value)
        {
            if ((context != null) && (context.Instance != null) && (provider != null))
            {
                Type T1 = context.Instance.GetType();
                Type T2 = typeof(CommandClass);
                if (!T1.Equals(T2))
                    MessageBox.Show("wrong Assembly referenced: "+T1.AssemblyQualifiedName);
/*                 MessageBox.Show(T.AssemblyQualifiedName+"::"+T.Assembly.Location+"::"+T.Assembly.GetName().Name+"::"+T.Assembly.CodeBase);
*/

                CommandClass command1 = context.Instance as
Agrovision.Data.Server.CommandClass;
                if (command1.CommandType == CommandType.StoredProcedure)
                {
                    ListBox oListBox = CreateListBox(command1,value);
                    edSvc =
(IWindowsFormsEditorService)provider.GetService(typeof(IWindowsFormsEditorService));
                    if (edSvc != null)
                    {
                        edSvc.DropDownControl(oListBox);
                        if
(String.Compare(command1.CommandText,oListBox.SelectedItem.ToString(),true)
!= 0)
                        {
                            command1.CommandText = oListBox.SelectedItem.ToString();
                            RemoveParameters(command1);
                            command1.TableName = command1.CommandText;
                            if (command1.TableName != null &&
String.Compare(command1.TableName.Substring(0,2),"sp") == 0)
                                command1.TableName = command1.TableName.Remove(0,2);
                            CreateParameters(command1);
                            return command1.CommandText;
                        }
                    }
                }
                if (command1.CommandType == CommandType.Text)
                {
                    frmCommandTextEditor oForm = new frmCommandTextEditor(command1);
                    if (oForm.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
                    {
                        command1.TableName = CommandClass.FindTableName(command1.CommandText);
                        if (oForm.CreateParameters)
                            CreateParameters(command1);
                        return command1.CommandText;
                    }
                }
            }
            return value;
        }

        public override UITypeEditorEditStyle GetEditStyle(ITypeDescriptorContext
            context)
        {
            if ((context != null) && (context.Instance != null))
            {
                Type T1 = context.Instance.GetType();
                Type T2 = typeof(CommandClass);
                if (!T1.Equals(T2))
                    MessageBox.Show("wrong Assembly referenced: "+T1.AssemblyQualifiedName);

                CommandClass command1 = context.Instance as CommandClass;
                if ((command1.CommandType == CommandType.TableDirect) ||
(command1.CommandType == CommandType.StoredProcedure))
                {
                    return UITypeEditorEditStyle.DropDown;
                }
            }
            return UITypeEditorEditStyle.Modal;
        }

        private ListBox CreateListBox(CommandClass aCommand, object aCurrentValue)
        {
//            if (FListBox == null)
//            {
                FListBox = new ListBox();
                FListBox.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.None;
                FListBox.Click += new EventHandler(ListBox_Click);

                //Fill ConnectionNames
                IDbLink oDbLink =
DesignTimeConnections.CreateDbLink(aCommand.ConnectionName);
                DataTable oTable = oDbLink.DbInfoStoredProcedures();
                if (oTable != null)
                {
                    oTable.DefaultView.Sort = oTable.Columns[0].ColumnName;
                    foreach (DataRowView oRow in oTable.DefaultView)
                    {
                        FListBox.Items.Add(oRow[0]);
                    }
                    if (aCurrentValue == null)
                        FListBox.SelectedIndex = -1;
                    else
                        FListBox.SelectedIndex = FListBox.Items.IndexOf(aCurrentValue);
                }
                FListBox.Height = Math.Min(FListBox.Items.Count,10) * FListBox.ItemHeight;
//            }
            return FListBox;
        }

        private void ListBox_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            edSvc.CloseDropDown();
        }

        private void CreateParameters(CommandClass aCommand)
        {
            RemoveParameters(aCommand);
            IDbLink oDbLink =
DesignTimeConnections.CreateDbLink(aCommand.ConnectionName);
            try
            {
                oDbLink.CreateParams(aCommand);
            }
            catch
            {
            }
            if (aCommand.Site != null)
            {
                IContainer oContainer =
((IDesignerHost)aCommand.Site.GetService(typeof(IDesignerHost))).Container;
                if (oContainer != null)
                {
                    foreach (ParameterClass oParam in aCommand.Parameters)
                    {                         oContainer.Add(oParam,"prm"+aCommand.TableName+oParam.ParameterName.Trim(new Char[]{'@'}));
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        private void RemoveParameters(CommandClass aCommand)
        {
            IDesignerHost host =
(IDesignerHost)aCommand.Site.GetService(typeof(IDesignerHost));
            foreach (ParameterClass oParam in aCommand.Parameters)
            {
                host.DestroyComponent(oParam);
            }
        }

    }


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Hello,

Thank you for the information. Because lacking of other parts of your code,
like, definition of CommandClass, I cannot build a similiar sample on my
side. Anyway, when you run the code in VS.NET, have you check the "value"
passed into:
      public override object 
EditValue(System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext context,
System.IServiceProvider provider, object value)

Is actual a string value?

If it was possible, please email you a sample which can reproduce the issue
completely, I may take a look at it on my side, to see what happened. (To
get my actual email, please remove "online") If we can reproduce the
problem, it will be a little easy to found its root cause.

Sincerely,

Luke Zhang

Microsoft Online Community Support
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Hello,

I have examined it a little further. It appears that the commandtext is
saved in the resource when it's length is more the 200 characters. This not
only applies to the commandtext property, but to all string properties, e.g.
the Label.Text. It's saved to the resouce even if the localizable property of
the form, usercontrol or component is false. When you decrease the length of
the string, the property is removed from the resource file and placed in the
Designer.cs file.
So it seems you have no control over the fact if a lengthy string is saved
in the resource or not. In the case of the commandtext that's very
dangerouse, because a translator of the resource could change the commandtext
to a wrong statement.

Regards, Jaap



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Hello,

Thank you for the information. This may benifit who has similar issue!

Sincerely,

Luke Zhang

Microsoft Online Community Support
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Hello,

But how can I prevent long strings from being saved in the resource file?
I don't want them in my resource, because they are not localizable!
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Hello Jaap,

You may perform the globalization with managed satellite DLLs :

Walkthrough: Creating Managed Satellite DLLs 
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e9zazcx5.aspx

How to: Access Resources in Satellite DLLs 
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165653.aspx

Resources in .Resx File Format
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/htm
l/cpconResourcesInResxFileFormat.asp

Sincerely,

Luke Zhang

Microsoft Online Community Support
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