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Resx – filetype
Codegen Resources.designer.cs
Translation is convention based on filename,
Resources.<cultureName>.resx for translated resources
Default resource file in project properties.
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Default resources.resx embedded in assembly.
Translated resources compiled into satellite assemblies
<cultureName>\<assembly>.resources.dll
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DEMO
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New filetype .resw (same XML specification as resx)
No codegen, no default resource file
Convention based on file structure and files must have
identical filename.
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Resw files is compiled into pri files by makepri.exe
Resources per project is compiled into <AssemblyName>.pri
Application
• ALL language resources for application and libraries is
merged into a common tree (ResourceMap) and placed in
resources.pri
• Resouces.pri must be deployed with your application
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The PRI contains actual string resources, and an indexed set
of file paths that refer to the files in the package.
Packages typically contain a single PRI file named
resources.pri.
PRI files are data-only and are not of the PE format. They are
specifically designed to be data-only as the resource format
for Windows. They replace resources contained within DLLs in
the Win32 app model.
Use makepri.exe /dump to see the content of the .pri file.
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Application
var rl = new ResourceLoader(); // default is “Resources”
var stringVal = rl.GetString(<resourceName>);
In an assembly
var rl = new ResourceLoader("<AssemblyName>/Resources");
var stringVal = rl.GetString(<resourceName>);
In a custom resource tree
var rl = new ResourceLoader("<AssemblyName>//<Custom>");
var stringVal = rl.GetString(<resourceName>);
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Windows.ApplicationModel.Resources.Core.ResourceManager
Requires more knowledge of the ResourceMap
Can retrive other types than string (=> StorageFile)
Can enumerate through/inspect all possible values
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If you are referencing the image from XAML, localizing an
image is as simple as creating folders for the locals you need
to support and put localized versions of the image file into the
local folder
And referencing the image in XAML is
the normal relative URL without the
culture code as shown in the following
example.
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Using a relative URI to reference package content is not
permitted in Metro XAML apps. Instead you have to use an
absolute URI using the ms-appx scheme.
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High Contrast :
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contrast-black
contrast-white
Pixel Density:
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scale-80 (start screen only)
scale-100 (normal DPI, no scaling)
scale-140 (1920*1080, minimum DPI 174)
scale-180 (2560*1440, minimum DPI 240)
Use scalable vector graphics - SVG
Or use resource loading for bitmap images:
• Option #1 - File naming convention:
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\test.scale-100.jpg
\test.scale-140.jpg
\test.scale-180.jpg
Option #2 - Folder naming convention:
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\scale-100\test.jpg
\scale-140\test.jpg
\scale-180\test.jpg
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So you have business / framework code in NET that you want
to share into WinRT projects?
Code can be linked into other project
Then there’s the case of resource strings
Copy .resx files to new folder structure and name .resw
Create your own Resources.Designer.cs so you can use
resource strings as in .NET.
Use ResEx to update your resource files.
Only one master set of resx – files
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Makepri.exe has better checks than .NET compiler
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Allowed languages (not supprort for legacy languages)
Invalid language name causes duplicate name causes errors
Resources in localized languages only causes warnings
Start wth default language and add languages one by one.
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Understand resources and assets is handled in WinRT
Understand how to localize and style your Windows Store App
Understand ResourceMAP and PRI files.
Share code between .NET and WinRT.
MSDN
• Guidelines for scaling to pixel density
• Resource Management System
• Choosing your languages
Windows 8 Recipes
• Building Global Windows 8 Metro XAML Apps Part 1
• Building Global Windows 8 Metro XAML Apps Part 2
• Building Global Windows 8 Metro XAML Apps Part 3
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ResEx - the composite, translation friendly .NET Resource
editor.
ILSpy - the open-source .NET assembly browser and
decompiler.
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