Re: Working with .resx Files / C#, WinForms - C# Discussion Boards

5-Mar-17 21:44

Hi fellow CP'ians,

i encountered a "problem" i am a bit shy to try my self. I am creating a localizible application (WinForms) which means i use the designer to create the UI for the different languages. Now, since i have ReSharper, i encountered the "problem" that the resx files either contain duplicates which are not overvritten or contain stuff which is not depending on localization. This hands me a lot of "possible code quality issues" which i understand seems reasonable. But how would i get rid of those except for telling ReSharper to ignore it?

My Question therefore is that is it possible to delete those lines in the resx files and if needed set the values in the designer.cs ? I have no idea how deep the resx files go and how they work 100% so any advice / experience you have would be a great help Smile | :)

Thanks in advance

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modified 7-Mar-17 4:13am.

Gerry Schmitz6-Mar-17 9:42

6-Mar-17 9:42

resx files are "name-value" pairs.

Unless someone used "non-standard" access methods, you should be able to to a "global search" of the "solution" files for the "name" keys to see if they are being referenced.

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HobbyProggy6-Mar-17 19:27

6-Mar-17 19:27

I think you got me wrong on this, im not talking about the stuff you see when you open a .resx file in visual studio normally. Im talking about the XML behind it like :

XML

<data name=">>_mainMenu.ZOrder" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>1</value>
  </data>
  <data name="_explBarProjInfo.Dock" type="System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle, System.Windows.Forms">
    <value>Fill</value>
  </data>
  <data name="_lbCustomerName.Text" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Customer Name :</value>
  </data>

Where the _lbCustomerName.Text value is reasonable for the sake of translations, the ZOrder and the Dock are not necessary for localization as the UI shall not look different. Therefore i was asking about those parts (which are actually auto generated) to be deletable.

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Gerry Schmitz6-Mar-17 20:08

6-Mar-17 20:08

Whether it's "XML" or some other format, it's still "name-value" pairs.

If you're looking for "parsing rules", start by ignoring the types that contain the key words you want to skip (e.g. .dock).

Process the XML using XPATH, XmlDocument, XSD, a deserializer, or whatever else you fancy.

"(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then".
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HobbyProggy6-Mar-17 20:24

6-Mar-17 20:24

Alright so just to confirm if i understood. If i search globally for a reference of the key / value pair and do not find anything refering to it i can ignore it, which means i can safely delete it without destroying my UI right?

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if(this.signature != "")
{
    MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
    MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}

Gerry Schmitz6-Mar-17 20:41

6-Mar-17 20:41

Familiarize yourself with the "patterns" used to access resources; to satisfy yourself that your searches are hiiting the "right things" ... e.g. "$this.Icon" is the "key" of the "resource" is this case:

this.Icon = ((System.Drawing.Icon)(resources.GetObject("$this.Icon")));

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HobbyProggy6-Mar-17 21:45

6-Mar-17 21:45

Well, i use this "pattern" for my global resources and there i have no problems. What i am specifically pointing to is the resource files generated for each usercontrol as soon as you set the control to localizable true. And after doing that there was a lot of useless (as mentioned before like docking position) stuff autogenerated into the resource file instead of still being in the designer class.

But since i was not sure how to handle this, because the designer sets the resources according to the culture of the system or the one in which i start up the app during initialization of the usercontrol, i asked wether it is possible to remove those lines from the res files back to the designer without destroying the layout of the usercontrol.

So i would actually never find a "hit" since all the initialization in the designer.cs does this ->

this._lbBegin.BackgroundStyle.CornerType = DevComponents.DotNetBar.eCornerType.Square;
resources.ApplyResources(this._lbBegin, "_lbBegin");
this._lbBegin.Name = "_lbBegin";

So it feels like either we both are talking past each other or i stand on the tube D'Oh! | :doh:

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if(this.signature != "")
{
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}
else
{
    MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}

Gerry Schmitz6-Mar-17 22:02

6-Mar-17 22:02

You wanted to "hack" your resx files; I showed you how; I never said that was the "recommended" approach to localizing:

Globalizing and Localizing .NET Framework Applications

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HobbyProggy6-Mar-17 22:13

6-Mar-17 22:13

Okay

Thanks a lot for your patience with me and helping me out.
I'll close the question now.

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if(this.signature != "")
{
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}
else
{
    MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}

Gerry Schmitz6-Mar-17 22:30

6-Mar-17 22:30

No problem! There are many ways to do something in .NET. It all depends on what you want to accomplish in the long run. Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

"(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then".
― Blaise Pascal

webrequest sent twice

Forest44734-Mar-17 22:32

4-Mar-17 22:32

Hello

I define a HtppWebRequest ending with the following lines :
...
req.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(...);
Stream theStream = req.GetRequestStream();
theStream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
theStream.Close();
req.GetResponse();

Then, the request is sent twice. A first time with the theStream.Write line, and a second one with the req.GetResponse() line. I have a 401 (unauthorized) response with the first request and a 403 (forbidden) with the second one.
I Wonder if the 403 error is due to the previous 401.
In any case, I would not to send the first request.

Thanks for your help

Michael_Davies4-Mar-17 22:59

Michael_Davies

4-Mar-17 22:59

You only need to use the stream if you have parameter data to be written to the URL.

req.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(...);
req.GetResponse();

Will do the trick.

Forest44734-Mar-17 23:15

4-Mar-17 23:15

No, the GetResponse is not enough because I have data to write into the request. I don't know how to send data without the GetRequestStream.

Michael_Davies4-Mar-17 23:43

Michael_Davies

4-Mar-17 23:43

Apologise, put my reading glasses on..

Richard Deeming5-Mar-17 23:52

Richard Deeming

5-Mar-17 23:52

Sounds like a typical authentication challenge - the request doesn't send the credentials unless the server indicates that it needs to.

Try setting the PreAuthenticate property[^] to true:

req.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(...);
req.PreAuthenticate = true;

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Forest44735-Mar-17 23:59

5-Mar-17 23:59

Thanks for your idea, but it doesn't work Frown | :-(

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I have the same behavior : a 401 error followed by a 403.

Forest44736-Mar-17 2:59