Visual Studio Resource Files Tutorial

1. Visual Studio 2017 Add Resx File

How to: Add a resource file. 2 minutes to read.In this articleThe commands for adding resource files is on the shortcut menu of the solution node and feature nodes in Solution Explorer. For more information, see. To add a global resource file to a SharePoint solution.In Visual Studio, open a SharePoint solution.In Solution Explorer, choose a SharePoint project node, and then, on the menu bar, choose Project Add New Item.In the Add New Item dialog box, choose the Global Resources File template, and then choose the Add button. NoteThe Global Resources File project item template appears only when a SharePoint project item is selected.In the Add Resource dialog box, choose a culture for the resource file, such as English (United States).This step adds a global resource file to your solution in the format, Resourcex. Culture.resx, such as, Resource1.en-US.resx.When the Resource Editor opens in Visual Studio, add resources to the resource file.To add a feature resource file to a SharePoint feature.If the SharePoint solution is not already open in Visual Studio, open the solution.In Solution Explorer, open the shortcut menu for the name of a feature under the Features node, and then choose Add Feature Resource.This step adds a resource file to the feature in the format, ResourceFileName. Culture.resx, such as, Feature1.en-US.resx.When the Resource Editor opens in Visual Studio, add resources to the resource file.See also.

Go to the menu bar and select Project then Add New Resource File or just right-click in the Resource Editor and select 'Open' from the context menu that pops up. A window will open, prompting you for the name and location of a resource file. The default location will probably not be what you want, so navigate to your project folder and enter the name of your new resource file into the File name box. In this article, I'll use the name 'AboutVB.RES' for this file. You'll have to confirm the creation of the file in a verification window, and the a 'AboutVB.RES' file will be created and filled into the Resource Editor. The example we'll use is a fast way to load an array with a series of constant values. Remember that the resource file is included into your project, so if the values that you need to load change, you'll have to use a more traditional approach such as a sequential file that you open and read.

Visual Studio 2017 Add Resx File

The Windows API we'll use is the CopyMemory API. CopyMemory copies block of memory to a different block of memory without regard to the data type that is stored there. This technique is well known to VB 6'ers as an ultra fast way to copy data inside a program. It's a good idea to remember that the resource file doesn't change unless you delete the old one and add a new one. So, using this technique, you would have to update the program to change the values. To include the file MyLongs.longs into your program as a resource, add it to a resource file using the same steps described above, but click the Add Custom Resource. instead of Add Icon.

Then select the MyLongs.longs file as the file to add. You also have to change the 'Type' of the resource by right clicking that resource, selecting 'Properties', and changing the Type to 'longs'. Note that this is the file type of your MyLongs.longs file.