Visual Studio's Access Modifier drop down option is disabled for resource file

dev.e.loper picture dev.e.loper · Jan 26, 2010 · Viewed 10.4k times · Source

Not sure why Access Modifier drop down is disabled for a Resource file.

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Here are file properties:

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Answer

Jacob Ewald picture Jacob Ewald · Jan 26, 2010

If possible, change your Custom Tool back to the default "ResXFileCodeGenerator".

I tried changing a default web app project to use "GlobalResourceProxyGenerator" and it caused the Access Modifier drop down to disable.