| # Resources |
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| Resources are `.resx` files with string values that we use for error messages and such. |
| They live in `src\<project>\resources` folders. |
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| At the moment `dotnet cli` doesn't support generating C# bindings (strongly typed resource files). |
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| We are using our own `Start-ResGen` to generate them. |
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| Usually it's called as part of the regular build with |
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| ```powershell |
| Start-PSBuild -ResGen |
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| If you see compilation errors related to resources, try to call `Start-ResGen` explicitly. |
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| ```powershell |
| Start-ResGen |
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| ## Editing `.resx` files |
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| **Don't edit** `.resx` files from Visual Studio. |
| It will try to create `.cs` files for you and you will get whole bunch of hard-to-understand errors. |
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| To edit a resource file, use any **plain text editor**. |
| A resource file is a simple XML file, and it's easy to edit. |
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| ## Convert `.txt` resource files into `.resx` files |
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| `dotnet cli` doesn't support embedding old-fashioned `.txt` resource. |
| You can do a one-time conversion of `.txt` resources into `.resx` files with a helper function: |
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| ```powershell |
| # example, converting all .txt resources under src\Microsoft.WSMan.Management\resources |
| Convert-TxtResourceToXml -Path src\Microsoft.WSMan.Management\resources |
| ``` |
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| `.resx` files would be placed next to `.txt` files. |
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