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.NET Framework Class Library
ResourceReader Class

Enumerates .resources files and streams, reading sequential resource name and value pairs.

Namespace:  System.Resources
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public NotInheritable Class ResourceReader _
    Implements IResourceReader, IEnumerable, IDisposable
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As ResourceReader
C#
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public sealed class ResourceReader : IResourceReader, 
    IEnumerable, IDisposable
Visual C++
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public ref class ResourceReader sealed : IResourceReader, 
    IEnumerable, IDisposable
JScript
public final class ResourceReader implements IResourceReader, IEnumerable, IDisposable

The ResourceReader provides a default implementation of the IResourceReader interface.

You can use resource readers to read resource name and resource value pairs from .resources files. The resources can be enumerated by traversing the IDictionaryEnumerator returned by the GetEnumerator method. The methods provided by the IDictionaryEnumerator are used to advance to the next resource and read the name and value of each resource in the .resources file.

NoteNote:

IEnumerable..::.GetEnumerator returns an IEnumerator object, not an IDictionaryEnumerator object.

The following code sample displays the content of "myResources.resources" files on the console:

Visual Basic
Imports System
Imports System.Resources
Imports System.Collections

Public Class ReadResources

    Public Shared Sub Main()

        ' Opens a resource reader and get an enumerator from it.
        Dim reader As New ResourceReader("myResources.resources")
        Dim en As IDictionaryEnumerator = reader.GetEnumerator()

        ' Goes through the enumerator, printing out the key and value pairs.
        While en.MoveNext()
            Console.WriteLine()
            Console.WriteLine("Name: {0}", en.Key)
            Console.WriteLine("Value: {0}", en.Value)
        End While
        reader.Close()

    End Sub
End Class
C#
using System;
using System.Resources;
using System.Collections;

public class ReadResources {

   public static void Main(string[] args) {

      // Opens a resource reader and gets an enumerator from it.
      IResourceReader reader = new ResourceReader("myResources.resources");
      IDictionaryEnumerator en = reader.GetEnumerator();

      // Goes through the enumerator, printing out the key and value pairs.
      while (en.MoveNext()) {
         Console.WriteLine();
         Console.WriteLine("Name: {0}", en.Key);
         Console.WriteLine("Value: {0}", en.Value);
      }
      reader.Close();
   }
}
Visual C++
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Resources;
using namespace System::Collections;
int main()
{

   // Opens a resource reader and gets an enumerator from it.
   IResourceReader^ reader = gcnew ResourceReader( "myResources.resources" );
   IDictionaryEnumerator^ en = reader->GetEnumerator();

   // Goes through the enumerator, printing out the key and value pairs.
   while ( en->MoveNext() )
   {
      Console::WriteLine();
      Console::WriteLine( "Name: {0}", en->Key );
      Console::WriteLine( "Value: {0}", en->Value );
   }

   reader->Close();
}

System..::.Object
  System.Resources..::.ResourceReader
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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