Initializes a new instance of the ResourceManager class that looks up resources contained in files derived from the specified root name using the given Assembly.

[Visual Basic]
Public Sub New( _
   ByVal baseName As String, _
   ByVal assembly As Assembly _
)
[C#]
public ResourceManager(
   string baseName,
 Assembly assembly
);
[C++]
public: ResourceManager(
   String* baseName,
 Assembly* assembly
);
[JScript]
public function ResourceManager(
   baseName : String,
 assembly : Assembly
);

Parameters

baseName

The root name of the resources. For example, the root name for the resource file named "MyResource.en-US.resources" is "MyResource".

assembly

The main Assembly for the resources.

Exceptions

Remarks

The individual resource files should be contained in satellite assemblies with the invariant culture's .resources file contained in the main assembly. A satellite assembly is assumed to contain resources for a single culture specified in that assembly's manifest, and are loaded as necessary.

This constructor uses the system provided ResourceSet implementation. To use a custom resource file format, you should derive from the ResourceSet class, override GetDefaultReader and GetDefaultWriter, and pass that type to the constructor that takes a Type as the third parameter. Using a custom ResourceSet can be useful for controlling resource caching policy or supporting your own resource file format, but is generally not necessary.

Example

[Visual Basic] 
Imports System
Imports System.Globalization
Imports System.Threading
Imports System.Resources
Imports System.Reflection

Class ResourcesExample
   
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        ' Create a resource manager to retrieve resources.
        Dim rm As New ResourceManager("items", _
           [Assembly].GetExecutingAssembly())
       
        ' Get the culture of the currently executing thread.
        ' The value of ci will determine the culture of
        ' the resources that the resource manager retrieves.
        Dim ci As CultureInfo = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture
      
        ' Retrieve the value of the string resource named 
        ' "welcome" localized for the culture specified by ci.
        Dim str As [String] = rm.GetString("welcome", ci)
        Console.WriteLine(str)
    End Sub
End Class

[C#] 
using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Threading;
using System.Resources;
using System.Reflection;

class ResourcesExample 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
       // Create a resource manager to retrieve resources.
       ResourceManager rm = new ResourceManager("items", 
          Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());

       // Get the culture of the currently executing thread.
       // The value of ci will determine the culture of
       // the resources that the resource manager retrieves.
       CultureInfo ci = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture;
        
       // Retrieve the value of the string resource named 
       // "welcome", localized for the culture specified by ci.
       String str = rm.GetString("welcome", ci);
       Console.WriteLine(str);
    }
}

[C++] 
#using <mscorlib.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Globalization;
using namespace System::Threading;
using namespace System::Resources;
using namespace System::Reflection;

int main() {
    // Create a resource manager to retrieve resources.
    ResourceManager* rm = new ResourceManager(S"items",
        Assembly::GetExecutingAssembly());

    // Get the culture of the currently executing thread.
    // The value of ci will determine the culture of
    // the resources that the resource manager retrieves.
    CultureInfo*  ci = Thread::CurrentThread->CurrentCulture;

    // Retrieve the value of the string resource named
    // S"welcome", localized for the culture specified by ci.
    String*  str = rm->GetString(S"welcome", ci);
    Console::WriteLine(str);
}

[JScript] No example is available for JScript. To view a Visual Basic, C#, or C++ example, click the Language Filter button in the upper-left corner of the page.

Requirements

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, .NET Compact Framework

See Also

ResourceManager Class | ResourceManager Members | System.Resources Namespace | ResourceManager Constructor Overload List