Silverlight resource constructor always return to internal

Question

When I modify my resource file (.resx) add text or modify, the constructor of my resource always go to internal and after that, when I run my silverlight I have an error in my binding XAML.

Is there a way to avoid this scenario? I need to go in the designer of my resource and put the constructor to public to solve the problem

I use my resource like this in my xaml file

 <UserControl.Resources>
        <resources:LibraryItemDetailsView x:Key="LibraryItemDetailsViewResources"></resources:LibraryItemDetailsView>
    </UserControl.Resources>


<TextBlock FontSize="12" FontWeight="Bold" Text="{Binding Path=FileSelectedText3, Source={StaticResource LibraryItemDetailsViewResources}}"></TextBlock>

Answer 1

Another way to do this without code changes is as below. Worked well for me.

http://guysmithferrier.com/post/2010/09/PublicResourceCodeGenerator-now-works-with-Visual-Studio-2010.aspx

Answer 2

You can create a public class that exposes the resources through a property:

public class StringsWrapper
{
    private static LibraryItemDetailsView _view = null;

    public LibraryItemDetailsView View
    {
        get
        {
            if (_view == null)
            {
                _view = new LibraryItemDetailsView();
            }
            return _view;
        }
    }
}

Then in your XAML you can access your resource:

<UserControl.Resources>
    <StringsWrapper x:Key="LibraryItemDetailsViewResources"></StringsWrapper>
</UserControl.Resources>


<TextBlock FontSize="12" FontWeight="Bold" Text="{Binding Path=View.FileSelectedText3, Source={StaticResource LibraryItemDetailsViewResources}}"></TextBlock>

This way the resx constructor can be internal!

Answer 3

Well, what I did was to add a command line utility to pre-build event of each Silverlight project that replaces each internal string with public :)

You can edit pre-build and post-build events by: Right-clicking on a project -> Properties -> Build Events.

I used a utility called RXFIND, it's free and can replace a string within selected files using a RegEx regular expression.

Here's the command line I'm using:

"$(SolutionDir)ThirdParty\rxfind\rxfind.exe" "$(ProjectDir)Resources\*.Designer.cs" "/P:internal " "/R:public " /Q /B:2

Please note, that all my resources are located under Resource directory within each project and the command line utility resides in \ThirdParty\rxfind directory

Answer 4

I also have the same error. To solve the problem I just created a public class that inherits from the class representing the resources file, knowing that it must also be public class this is my exep:

public class TrackResourceWrapper : TrackResource
{
}

with: TrackResourceWrapper is inheriting class TrackResource is the class which is located in the code resource file behind (public class)