Single rescource file in a project?

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VS 2005 includes a resc. file for each form but I would like to have one
single file for my whole project - is that possible - and if - then how?

Thanks,
orc
 
orc said:
VS 2005 includes a resc. file for each form but I would like to have one
single file for my whole project - is that possible - and if - then how?
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You can insert a resource file into your project yourself and use that
for all resources you add manually. But I don't think it's possible to
make VS collect resources from all forms into one file - after all,
there'd be the possibility of collisions and probably a lot of other
things to work around. Out of curiosity, what's the problem with having
one resource file per form?


Oliver Sturm
 
orc said:
You can insert a resource file into your project yourself and use that for
all resources you add manually. But I don't think it's possible to make VS
collect resources from all forms into one file - after all, there'd be the
possibility of collisions and probably a lot of other things to work
around. Out of curiosity, what's the problem with having one resource file
per form?
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Thank you for your reply!
It's because it's easier to maintain a single file when using different
localizations (language versions).

BR
orc
 
orc said:
It's because it's easier to maintain a single file when using different
localizations (language versions).
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I understand. But then, it's probably more transparent to the translator
if you give him one resource file to translate for one form, isn't it?
If every property of every form that needed to be translated was
collected in one resource file, it would be much harder for the
translator to understand the association between properties and
forms/components.


Oliver Sturm
 
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