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Can someone explain how to get a .resx file (containing simple string
resources) into an assembly? This must be such a common requirement but I
have failed to find a simple guide. I have used 'resgen' to generate a
..resources file, but what is this 'al.exe' referred to in the documentation,
how should it be used to make a .dll and where do I find al.exe, it isn't in
my installation of VisualStudio? Or is there a simple way from within Visual
Studio, without resorting to difficult command-line applications?
 
Hi,
Can someone explain how to get a .resx file (containing simple string
resources) into an assembly? This must be such a common requirement but I
have failed to find a simple guide. I have used 'resgen' to generate a
.resources file, but what is this 'al.exe' referred to in the documentation,
how should it be used to make a .dll and where do I find al.exe, it isn't in
my installation of VisualStudio? Or is there a simple way from within Visual
Studio, without resorting to difficult command-line applications?
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resgen: you did it absolutely correctly, now move on with the al.exe,
which links the resource files into an assembly:


the al.exe is here (depending on your framework version):
c:\windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\al.exe


To create language files, I normally have 1 .bat file for executing the
language files by a simple double click, and 1 .txt file for each
language, which is the configuration for the language:

* create_language.bat :
al @de.txt
al @fr.txt


and in de.txt/fr.txt (change culture and out-param for each language):
/t:lib
/embed:myresourcefile.resources
/culture:de
/out:../bin/Debug/de/MyProgramName.resources.dll
/template:../bin/Debug/MyProgramName.exe


note: you must compile the main .resource file (for me, it's mostly the
english language) with the .exe, which is the main program file.

hth
Markus
 
Thnaks Markus,

That has sorted it.
I was looking in VS for al.exe, not in .NET. So now I can see all the
command line options for it.
I didn't need the foreign language options (just the default resources),
since I am using a third-party tool for internationalization..
I'm still puzzled why there's no built-in tool (with VS) to do this common
operation!
 
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