Satellite/Resource DLL not recognized (Basic 2005)

[SomeDude]

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

==========================================================

 

[SomeDude]

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

 

[SomeDude]

OK, problem solved,

I narrowed things down to syntax-errors in the al and resgen commands.
It seems that for satellite-dll's to work in VB "strongly typed resource
classes" have to be generated. Beware of the underscores in the al-syntax,
they are essential for getting things to work.

Good resgen-command:
resgen Strings.nl-NL.resx Strings_nl_NL.resources /str:vb

Good AL-command:
al /t:lib /out:MultiLang.resources.dll /v:1.0.0.1 /c:nl-NL /embed:Strings_nl_NL.resources,MultiLang.Strings.nl-NL.resources,Private

Now just copy the fresh dll to the subdir of your programroot and done,
"Nederlands" appears in the Messagebox.


WOOHOOO


If I have time I'll do an article on some site.

Bravo_Kernel