How to create and use resources in NET

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How do I create a resource that I can reference and use in various parts of my program easily   My specific problem is that I have a NotifyIcon that I want to change the icon of depending on the state of the program  A common problem  but one I ve been struggling with for a long time

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The above method works good    Another method  I am assuming web here  is to create your page  Add controls to the page  Then while in design mode go to  Tools   Generate Local Resource  A resource file will automatically appear in the solution with all the controls in the page mapped in the resource file   To create resources for other languages  append the 4 character language to the end of the file name  before the extension  Account aspx en-US resx  Account aspx es-ES resx   etc    To retrieve specific entries in the code-behind  simply call this method  GetLocalResourceObject  resource entry key name

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The above didn t actually work for me as I had expected with Visual Studio 2010   It wouldn t let me access Properties Resources  said it was inaccessible due to permission issues   I ultimately had to change the Persistence settings in the properties of the resource and then I found how to access it via the Resources Designer cs file  where it had an automatic getter that let me access the icon  via MyNamespace Properties Resources NameFromAddingTheResource   That returns an object of type Icon  ready to just use

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The above didn t actually work for me as I had expected with Visual Studio 2010   It wouldn t let me access Properties Resources  said it was inaccessible due to permission issues   I ultimately had to change the Persistence settings in the properties of the resource and then I found how to access it via the Resources Designer cs file  where it had an automatic getter that let me access the icon  via MyNamespace Properties Resources NameFromAddingTheResource   That returns an object of type Icon  ready to just use

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The above method works good    Another method  I am assuming web here  is to create your page  Add controls to the page  Then while in design mode go to  Tools   Generate Local Resource  A resource file will automatically appear in the solution with all the controls in the page mapped in the resource file   To create resources for other languages  append the 4 character language to the end of the file name  before the extension  Account aspx en-US resx  Account aspx es-ES resx   etc    To retrieve specific entries in the code-behind  simply call this method  GetLocalResourceObject  resource entry key name

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Well  after searching around and cobbling together various points from around StackOverflow  gee  I love this place already   most of the problems were already past this stage  I did manage to work out an answer to my problem though   How to create a resource   In my case  I want to create an icon  It s a similar process  no matter what type of data you want to add as a resource though    Right click the project you want to add a resource to  Do this in the Solution Explorer  Select the  Properties  option from the list  Click the  Resources  tab  The first button along the top of the bar will let you select the type of resource you want to add  It should start on string  We want to add an icon  so click on it and select  Icons  from the list of options  Next  move to the second button   Add Resource   You can either add a new resource  or if you already have an icon already made  you can add that too  Follow the prompts for whichever option you choose  At this point  you can double click the newly added resource to edit it  Note  resources also show up in the Solution Explorer  and double clicking there is just as effective    How to use a resource   Great  so we have our new resource and we re itching to have those lovely changing icons    How do we do that  Well  lucky us  C  makes this exceedingly easy   There is a static class called Properties Resources that gives you access to all your resources  so my code ended up being as simple as   paused    paused  if  paused      notifyIcon Icon   Properties Resources RedIcon  else     notifyIcon Icon   Properties Resources GreenIcon    Done  Finished  Everything is simple when you know how  isn t it

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Well  after searching around and cobbling together various points from around StackOverflow  gee  I love this place already   most of the problems were already past this stage  I did manage to work out an answer to my problem though   How to create a resource   In my case  I want to create an icon  It s a similar process  no matter what type of data you want to add as a resource though    Right click the project you want to add a resource to  Do this in the Solution Explorer  Select the  Properties  option from the list  Click the  Resources  tab  The first button along the top of the bar will let you select the type of resource you want to add  It should start on string  We want to add an icon  so click on it and select  Icons  from the list of options  Next  move to the second button   Add Resource   You can either add a new resource  or if you already have an icon already made  you can add that too  Follow the prompts for whichever option you choose  At this point  you can double click the newly added resource to edit it  Note  resources also show up in the Solution Explorer  and double clicking there is just as effective    How to use a resource   Great  so we have our new resource and we re itching to have those lovely changing icons    How do we do that  Well  lucky us  C  makes this exceedingly easy   There is a static class called Properties Resources that gives you access to all your resources  so my code ended up being as simple as   paused    paused  if  paused      notifyIcon Icon   Properties Resources RedIcon  else     notifyIcon Icon   Properties Resources GreenIcon    Done  Finished  Everything is simple when you know how  isn t it

User · Answer

Well  after searching around and cobbling together various points from around StackOverflow  gee  I love this place already   most of the problems were already past this stage  I did manage to work out an answer to my problem though   How to create a resource   In my case  I want to create an icon  It s a similar process  no matter what type of data you want to add as a resource though    Right click the project you want to add a resource to  Do this in the Solution Explorer  Select the  Properties  option from the list  Click the  Resources  tab  The first button along the top of the bar will let you select the type of resource you want to add  It should start on string  We want to add an icon  so click on it and select  Icons  from the list of options  Next  move to the second button   Add Resource   You can either add a new resource  or if you already have an icon already made  you can add that too  Follow the prompts for whichever option you choose  At this point  you can double click the newly added resource to edit it  Note  resources also show up in the Solution Explorer  and double clicking there is just as effective    How to use a resource   Great  so we have our new resource and we re itching to have those lovely changing icons    How do we do that  Well  lucky us  C  makes this exceedingly easy   There is a static class called Properties Resources that gives you access to all your resources  so my code ended up being as simple as   paused    paused  if  paused      notifyIcon Icon   Properties Resources RedIcon  else     notifyIcon Icon   Properties Resources GreenIcon    Done  Finished  Everything is simple when you know how  isn t it

User · Answer

The above method works good    Another method  I am assuming web here  is to create your page  Add controls to the page  Then while in design mode go to  Tools   Generate Local Resource  A resource file will automatically appear in the solution with all the controls in the page mapped in the resource file   To create resources for other languages  append the 4 character language to the end of the file name  before the extension  Account aspx en-US resx  Account aspx es-ES resx   etc    To retrieve specific entries in the code-behind  simply call this method  GetLocalResourceObject  resource entry key name

User · Answer

The above method works good    Another method  I am assuming web here  is to create your page  Add controls to the page  Then while in design mode go to  Tools   Generate Local Resource  A resource file will automatically appear in the solution with all the controls in the page mapped in the resource file   To create resources for other languages  append the 4 character language to the end of the file name  before the extension  Account aspx en-US resx  Account aspx es-ES resx   etc    To retrieve specific entries in the code-behind  simply call this method  GetLocalResourceObject  resource entry key name

User · Answer

Well  after searching around and cobbling together various points from around StackOverflow  gee  I love this place already   most of the problems were already past this stage  I did manage to work out an answer to my problem though   How to create a resource   In my case  I want to create an icon  It s a similar process  no matter what type of data you want to add as a resource though    Right click the project you want to add a resource to  Do this in the Solution Explorer  Select the  Properties  option from the list  Click the  Resources  tab  The first button along the top of the bar will let you select the type of resource you want to add  It should start on string  We want to add an icon  so click on it and select  Icons  from the list of options  Next  move to the second button   Add Resource   You can either add a new resource  or if you already have an icon already made  you can add that too  Follow the prompts for whichever option you choose  At this point  you can double click the newly added resource to edit it  Note  resources also show up in the Solution Explorer  and double clicking there is just as effective    How to use a resource   Great  so we have our new resource and we re itching to have those lovely changing icons    How do we do that  Well  lucky us  C  makes this exceedingly easy   There is a static class called Properties Resources that gives you access to all your resources  so my code ended up being as simple as   paused    paused  if  paused      notifyIcon Icon   Properties Resources RedIcon  else     notifyIcon Icon   Properties Resources GreenIcon    Done  Finished  Everything is simple when you know how  isn t it

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