> Hi group,
>
>
> For some strange reason my custom resource-dll's is not recognized. I have
> created a new DLL based on a translated RESX-file but my testapplication
> will only return values from the embedded project-resx. Read on for the
> full description.
>
> This has been puzzling me for hours so if anybody can help please do
> because this is driving me crazy ;)
>
> TIA,
>
>     SomeDude
>
>
> Full description:
>
> When I run my testapplication the first popup confirms that the
> CurrentUICulture is indeed nl-NL but the second popup then shows "English"
> (as defined in the embedded resx) instead of "Nederlands" which is the
> value defined in my generated DLL.
>
> I have added an embedded Resourcefile (Strings.resx) added to my project
> which I intend to use as the default resourcefile.
>
> I have created a customized resource-dll based by doing the following:
> * I copied "String.resx" to a separate directory and renamed it to
> "Strings.nl-NL.resx"
> * I ran the command "resgen Strings.nl-NL.resx Strings.nl-NL.resources"
> to create a resource-file
> * I then compiled the DLL by running the command "al /t:lib
> /embed:Strings.nl-NL.resources /culture:nl-NL /out:Strings.resources.dll"
> * I copied the generated DLL (Strings.resources.dll) to the handmade
> subdirectory "nl-NL" in the applicationdirectory
>
>
> === Here's my test-application ===================================
>
> Imports System.Resources
> Imports System.Threading
>
> Public Class Form1
>     Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
>
>         Dim resourceManager As ResourceManager = New ResourceManager("MultiLang.Strings", GetType(Form1).Assembly)
>         My.Application.ChangeUICulture("nl-NL")
>     MsgBox("CurrentUICulture = "+ Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.Name.ToString)
>         MsgBox(resourceManager.GetString("TESTKEY"))
>
>     End Sub
> End Class
>
> ==========================================================

> One step further but still an error.
> 
> I have made some changes to the AL command and now at lease the dll is
> loaded when I run the testapp:
>
> - the name of the DLL had to be "MultiLang.resources.dll" instead of the
> wrongly assumed "Strings.resources.dll"
> - some extra info about the namespace had to be added
> to get picked up by the application ("MultiLang.Strings")
>
> Here's the new AL command that I used:
> al /t:lib /out:MultiLang.resources.dll /v:1.0.0.8 /c:nl-NL
> /embed:Strings.nl-NL.resx,MultiLang.Strings.nl-NL.resources,Private
>
>
> When I run the app and view the Debug Window "Modules" I can see that the
> DLL is being loaded so that's the good news.
> The bad news is that I now get an error on the following line (attempting
> to read the testvalue from the DLL):
>
> Line: MsgBox(resourceManager.GetString("TESTKEY"))
> Error: Stream is not a valid resource file
>
>
> Anybody have any ideas why this is happening?
>
>
> Thanks a million,
>
>    SomeDude
>
>
>
> On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 01:13:36 +0100, SomeDude wrote:
>
>> Hi group,
>>
>>
>> For some strange reason my custom resource-dll's is not recognized. I have
>> created a new DLL based on a translated RESX-file but my testapplication
>> will only return values from the embedded project-resx. Read on for the
>> full description.
>>
>> This has been puzzling me for hours so if anybody can help please do
>> because this is driving me crazy ;)
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>>     SomeDude
>>
>>
>> Full description:
>>
>> When I run my testapplication the first popup confirms that the
>> CurrentUICulture is indeed nl-NL but the second popup then shows "English"
>> (as defined in the embedded resx) instead of "Nederlands" which is the
>> value defined in my generated DLL.
>>
>> I have added an embedded Resourcefile (Strings.resx) added to my project
>> which I intend to use as the default resourcefile.
>>
>> I have created a customized resource-dll based by doing the following:
>> * I copied "String.resx" to a separate directory and renamed it to
>> "Strings.nl-NL.resx"
>> * I ran the command "resgen Strings.nl-NL.resx Strings.nl-NL.resources"
>> to create a resource-file
>> * I then compiled the DLL by running the command "al /t:lib
>> /embed:Strings.nl-NL.resources /culture:nl-NL /out:Strings.resources.dll"
>> * I copied the generated DLL (Strings.resources.dll) to the handmade
>> subdirectory "nl-NL" in the applicationdirectory
>>
>>
>> === Here's my test-application ===================================
>>
>> Imports System.Resources
>> Imports System.Threading
>>
>> Public Class Form1
>>     Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
>>
>>         Dim resourceManager As ResourceManager = New ResourceManager("MultiLang.Strings", GetType(Form1).Assembly)
>>         My.Application.ChangeUICulture("nl-NL")
>>     MsgBox("CurrentUICulture = "+ Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.Name.ToString)
>>         MsgBox(resourceManager.GetString("TESTKEY"))
>>
>>     End Sub
>> End Class
>>
>> ==========================================================