Hi,

I need to use resources for internationalization in my .NET app, which
is being written in VB.NET.

Problem is I can't seem to load localized versions of files. For
example, I have these two files as "embedded resource":

units.xml
units.es.xml

Then, using a ResourceManager I load "MyNamespace.units.xml". Problem
is it always uses "units.xml" no matter the current OS culture or no
matter even if I override the culture info. Oh, and I can't load
"units.es.xml" if I try to load it directly, so that means the file IS
being embedded as a localized resource, but only Gates knows in what
language or how to load it...

So, what I need is a solution for this problem, or an example of
working code that does <B>exactly</B> what I want. I DON'T want code
that loads a file filename checking the culture info, as that must be
automatically done by the framework.

Regards,
Ivan V.

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Request for Question Clarification by studboy-ga on 26 Jun 2002 18:29 PDT

Are you using Visual Studio?  WinRes?  If so convert with your 
files to have.resx extensions.  Otherwise use /resx when compiling
on the command line--please let me know if this is what you're
looking for and whether it works for you--I can turn this
into a formal answer but I need to know whether I'm on the 
right track--thanks:

http://www.devx.com/dotnet/articles/oc022102/oc022102-6.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/06/internat/internat.asp

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Clarification of Question by dinocrates-ga on 26 Jun 2002 19:36 PDT

I'm using Visual Studio. What do you mean by converting to resx? Just
changing the extension or do I need to do something more? The command
line "option is not an option" :)

Tomorrow I'll try changing the extensions, and I'll let you know if
that works so you claim the answer.

Thanks.

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Request for Question Clarification by studboy-ga on 27 Jun 2002 01:23 PDT

Hi Ivan

I reread your question and I got a better idea of what you're trying
to do now--
I'm assuming when you say you're using the ResourceManager to load the
files,
the files themselves are already in resource format (ie, already
converted
to .resources) Maybe you can cut and paste the commands you used to
call up the ResourceManager and load the resource?

Thanks

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Clarification of Question by dinocrates-ga on 01 Jul 2002 12:59 PDT

Sample code:

First the declarations:

Public gresMan As ResourceManager
Public gresStream As Stream = Nothing

Then the actual usage:

gresMan = New ResourceManager("HEMAC.iConvert.Resources",
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly)
gresStream = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream("HEMAC.iConvert.units.xml")

I don't get the desired result even if I do this first:

System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = New
CultureInfo("es-MX")

I hope you can help me out!