Hi all,

I want to centralize my localized strings in an external assembly but still
want to benefit from the new intellisense feature of VS2005.

So I create a new class library project names 'MyStrings' and add a new
resource file named 'Glossary.resx' to it. I add some strings and
automatically ResXFileCodeGenerator generates a csharp file named
'Glossary.Design.cs'. This file contains a class named 'Glossary' that
provides me with a property for each of the strings. So far so good: I now
have intellisense everywhere inside the class library project.

Next I create a new Win Forms Application and set a reference to
'MyStrings.dll'. Here comes the problem: I cannot access the 'Glossary'
class defined in MyString.dll. The reason is simple: ResXFileCodeGenerator
made this class internal !

My question : Do you know a way to make ResXFileCodeGenerator generate a
public class instead? Is it configurable?

I want to draw your attention to the fact that ResGen has a command line
parameter for this:
eg: ResGen.exe glossary.resx /str:c# /publicClass generates exactly the same
code as ResXFileCodeGenerator except that the class is public ;-)

Thanks in advance for any clues

Regards
Laurent Docquir

Hi Laurent,
Currently it's not possible to configure the resource generation from
within the IDE. However another customer requested this at the MSDN
product feedback center. See MSDN Product Feedback Center link
:http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/viewFeedback.aspx?feedbackid=
eaf58466-a6eb-4da9-bf2f-4949b5aff853
We do look at feature requests that many users have requested, so I
recommend voting on this one at the product feedback center, since the more
votes a given suggestion has, the more likely it is to be approved.
Thanks,
Marin Millar [MSFT]