Why does ResourceManager.GetResourceSet return null on the first request after a build? (C#)

c# asp.net nullreferenceexception resourcemanager
Cole F picture Cole F · Oct 29, 2009 · Viewed 8.8k times · Source

I'm working on a large-ish web application built in C# (asp.net). I've got a simple aspx page that serves localized strings to the client browser for use in javascript controls. To get the strings, I do the following: 

ResourceManager _resources = new ResourceManager(_pathname, typeof(ARM).Assembly);
ResourceSet rs = _resources.GetResourceSet(culture, false, false);

//loop through rs and write the keys & values out to the client in plaintext

This all works fine, except for the first request to the page immediately after a Clean/Build or a Rebuild (if I simply make some changes, then Build, it works fine). So on the first request I get a null reference exception when I try to iterate the ResourceSet. If I refresh the page after the error, however, it works fine from then on.

Does anyone know why this might be happening?

Answer

Aleksandar Mirilovic picture Aleksandar Mirilovic · Dec 28, 2009

Second param "createIfNotExist" of the method GetResourceSet has to be true, that tells ResourceManager to load the ResourceSet if not yet loaded.

ResourceSet rs = _resources.GetResourceSet(culture, true, false);

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