How can I add entries into a Resource file programatically?

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I have a bunch of database entries for use as resources in a web application.

I would like to put these entries into a resource (.resx) file, but there are over a thousand db entries and I would like to write a quick program to create the .resx file.

How can I create this file? I've looked at the ResourceWriter class, but when I tried that it corrupted my .resx file.

Can anyone provide any ideas or code samples? Any help would be appreciated!

Are you sure that you need a resx file? You can add resources as "plain" files, the only difference would be that you wouldn't get to access them through nicely-named variables. — Sergey Kalinichenko
– Sergey Kalinichenko, Commented Sep 5, 2012 at 21:48
@dasblinkenlight - good point, although I really would like to access them through strongly typed variables. I've got it all going now, just need to create that .resx file. — Mark Kadlec
– Mark Kadlec, Commented Sep 5, 2012 at 21:51
I don't think that the resx file alone gets you your strongly typed variables. Along with your Resources.resx file, Visual Studio automatically code-gens a file called Resources.Designer.cs that does all of the strong-typing for you. Even if you get your resx file in place, you'll still have to code-gen this file. If you're able to code-gen the file (the hard part) then you might as well include the plain files and have the code-genned part target those. — Pete Baughman
– Pete Baughman, Commented Sep 5, 2012 at 22:59
Thanks, good to know, that could also be an easy way to generate. — Mark Kadlec
– Mark Kadlec, Commented Sep 6, 2012 at 5:23

MichaelT · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-05 21:52:52Z

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Just use a plain StringBuilder to construct the xml content you need and then save it to the file.

answered Sep 5, 2012 at 21:52

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Mark Kadlec Over a year ago

I thought about that, but initially dismissed it since I thought the PublicKeyToken was somehow unique to each entry.

Mark Kadlec Over a year ago

I'll end up doing this way, but seems kind of ghetto, sure there isn't a cleaner way?

MichaelT Over a year ago

I think it a KISS way of doing things

Mark Kadlec Over a year ago

True, when I think about it, would end up being about 10 lines of code.

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