Accessing resx file from another project / assembly

Question

I have a resource file in a different project and want to access eg. strings from it. How can i do this?

Answer 1

This is a super old question, but since it has not been answered and I just stumbled upon this problem, here are some possible solutions:

Make sure that the access modifier of the resx is set to public!

Link to the resx file

See here

Then you either acces the string directly with

var translatedString = Resources.NAME_OF_THE_STRING_IN_RESX_FILE;

or via ResourceManager

var resourceManager = new ResourceManager("FULLY.QUALIFIED.NAMESPACE.NO.EXTENSION", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());
var translatedString = resourceManager.GetString("NAME_OF_THE_STRING_IN_RESX_FILE");

Direct access when you have a reference to the project

var translatedString = [FULLY.QUALIFIED.NAMESPACE.NO.EXTENSION].NAME_OF_THE_STRING_IN_RESX_FILE;