In my view I would like to access resource strings from the specific local resource on that file.. Just as you know it from web-forms:
(string)GetLocalResource("Title");
Painless and smooth. The framework handles which .resx file to get from the culture info code extension (.en-EN.resx).
Is that possible in MVC4 with Razore view? And how?
Iv'e noticed that i can set the Custom Tool
property on the .resx file to PublicResXFileCodeGenerator
. That way I can access it from the view. Example:
I've created 2 resource files for index.cshtml in danish and english. Just as I would in web-forms. Here's what I wish i could write (Custom Tool Name
property set to 'ViewResource'):
@ViewResource.Title
Bam. If current culture is danish, title will be "Forside", and if english it would be "Home". But instead the only options I am given is choosing a specific file. And from that choose the desired string:
@ViewResource.Index_cshtml_en-EN_resx.Title
Thats not dynamic. So I thought I could make an extension class that would replace the en-EN/da-DK somehow. But that really seems like relatively alot of work for something so "simple" and already well and easy intergrated into web-forms. There has to be another way. Surely the mvc team has some smart mechanism for us like everything else :)
I used the special .NET folder App_LocalResources
.
Here are the steps
Add the .resx
files to that folder (i.e.: Resource.resx
, Resource.es-ES.resx
)
Right click on each .resx
file and select properties
and make sure the following are selected
Build Action: Embedded Resource
Custom Tool: PublicResXFileCodeGenerator
Custom Tool Namespace: Resources
Then in your view you can use the Resources
name space to access the text in your .resx
file
<h2>@Resources.Resource.Global_Title<h2>
@Resources
because that is the name that you gave in the Custom Tool Namespace
and .Resource
because that is the name of the .resx
file
Also make sure that the resources are set to Public
To access the resources from any model just add a single line
using Resources; //<<-- This line
namespace Concordia_CRM.Models
{
public class SolicitudDemo
{
[Required]
[Display(Name = "SD_NombreEmpresa", ResourceType = typeof(Resource))]
public string NombreEmpresa { get; set; }
...
}
More details can be found on this post.