Accessing Resources from an MSG file

[Ken Allen]

We are attempting to replace one of our legacy services (developed in C++)
with one that is developed as a C# service. The problem that I am
encountering is dealing with the resources that are generated from the MSG
file. These resources are used both by the existing service code (to format
strings for internal use) and by the Event Viewer when entries are written
to the Event Log to be associated with this source.

1. Can I access an existing resource file inside an existing EXE (built from
a VC++ 6 source) from a C# service? I have tried the
CreateFileBasedResoruceManager() call, but either I have the parameters
wrong or this is not possible. The method call actually works, but when I
attempt to retrieve a string, I get an MissingManifestResourceException
error.

2. If I create the resources in a satellite assembly, will the Event Viewer
still be able to use the contents?

-Ken

 

[Ken Allen]

Even worse, I notice that the .Net ResourceManager.GetString wants to
retrieve a string by means of a string name (another string), but the
traditional resource manager accessed the strings by means of a numeric
identifier! How does this get rationalized?

-Ken