Adding and accessing resource files : Automation API

[Skarlso]

Hi!

My problem is that i tried to use resource files in a project using the ranorex IDE and not Visual Studio.

I created the resource file, added a string value and tried to access it using resource reader like this :

//Getting Data from the Resource file.
string appToRun;
System.Resources.ResourceReader rr = new ResourceReader("MyData");
IDictionaryEnumerator id = rr.GetEnumerator();
while(id.MoveNext()) {
if (id.Key.Equals("AppToRun")) {
appToRun = id.Value.ToString();
}
}
rr.Close();

First it did not find MyData because it looked for the file, not in project. So okey i entere ../../MyData.resx.

It said the file is not a valid resource file, although i created it with the IDE.

Is there another solution to access and use resource files in ranorex not using Visual Studio?

Thank you,
Gergely.

[Support Team]

Hi Gergely,

Add your existing .resx file to your project by right clicking onto your project and select "Add" -> "Existing item..." on the context menu.

Please try the following code to read string values from your resource file:

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using System.Resources;
using System.Reflection;

ResourceManager resources = new ResourceManager("Namespace.MyData", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());
string appToRun = resources.GetString("AppToRun");


Hope this helps.

Regards,
Gabor
Ranorex Support Team

[Skarlso]

Thank you very much!!

That helped!