Could not find any resources appropriate for your culture or the neutral 

culture in your assembly. baseName: Language.string locationInfo: <null> 

resource file name: Language.string.resources assembly: _pphfhpq, 

Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null 

I am trying to create a multilingual application named Language.  I have 

created resource files (string.<culture>.resources) from string.txt using 

ResGen, for three cultures, and used the Assembly Linker to put them into 

satellite assemblies, creating Language.Resources.dll in the corresponding 

subfolders in the bin folder (de, fr and de-AT).



Could any one tell me :



When I create the main assembly, is the 'fallback' resource file compiled 

into the main dll.  I assume that it is, but I am wondering whether I need 

to create a Language.Resources.dll file using AL.exe to go in the bin 

folder for my main asssembly.   



I am using the following code to try and access the resources.   I keep 

getting this message :



Could not find any resources appropriate for your culture or the neutral 

culture in your assembly. baseName: Language.string locationInfo: <null> 

resource file name: Language.string.resources assembly: _pphfhpq, 

Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null 



It seems to be looking for locationInfo - why is it null and how does it 

get a value?



Which folder should my neutral culture resources file be in when I build 

the application?



I am a new programmer and there's a lot of stuff I don't know about 

assemblies etc.  If any one can help me I'd be very grateful.  Am I using 

the Resource Manager correctly to look in the resource 

file "string.resources".  For this example I have hard coded in the 

current culture I want to use.



Dim Resources As ResourceManager



        CurrentCulture = "de-DE"

       Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture() = New CultureInfo

(CurrentCulture)

            Resources = New ResourceManager("string", Me.GetType

().Assembly)

            Me.Button1.Text = Resources.GetString("txtSearch")

            Me.Button2.Text = Resources.GetString("txtWelcome")

From: "Ros Lee" <rosl@p...>

>

> When I create the main assembly, is the 'fallback' resource file compiled

> into the main dll.  I assume that it is, but I am wondering whether I need

> to create a Language.Resources.dll file using AL.exe to go in the bin

> folder for my main asssembly.



I use Visual Studio .NET that does all this for me, so my advice will be

patchy I'm afraid. For example, I'm not sure whether you need to use al.exe

to get the default resources into the main assembly.



> It seems to be looking for locationInfo - why is it null and how does it

> get a value?



I suggest a couple of things that might be worth a try:



1. Change your code to work with..

    System.Threading.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture



I think I'm right in saying that it is CurrentUICulture that specifies the

culture used for resource files, not CurrentCulture.



2. Get a copy of Reflector for .NET from Lutz Reoder's site and have a look

in your assembly to see if there are any resources in there. Reflector is

like a microscope for assemblies, it lets you see what's inside.

http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/



> Which folder should my neutral culture resources file be in when I build

> the application?



They should be compiled into the assembly - the neutral resources aren't be

in a satellite assembly.



> Dim Resources As ResourceManager

>         CurrentCulture = "de-DE"

>        Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture() = New CultureInfo

> (CurrentCulture)

>             Resources = New ResourceManager("string", Me.GetType

> ().Assembly)

>             Me.Button1.Text = Resources.GetString("txtSearch")

>             Me.Button2.Text = Resources.GetString("txtWelcome")



OK, well your code looks a little different from mine, so it might be worth

looking at that. Here's a piece from a working app I have:



ResourceManager res = new

ResourceManager("MyNamespace.MyResources",Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());

string text = res.GetString(textName);



In my project is an XML resource file called MyResources.resX. Notice how

that name is referenced (without the ".ResX") in the constructor and how the

namespace is bolted on the front.



If you need more help, I'd recommend you sign up to this mailing list where

there's a whole bunch of people who know loads about localization.



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Ollie

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