SPUtility::GetLocalizedString method
Retrieves the value for a named resource string from the resource file for a specified language.
Namespace: Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities
Assembly: Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)
Parameters
- source
- Type: System.String
An ASP.NET resource expression in the form $Resources:keyname, where keyname is the name half of a name/value pair in a resource file (.resx).
- defaultResourceFile
- Type: System.String
The base file name of the language resource file containing a localized string value. For example, if you have a series of resource files named myresources.en-us.resx, myresources.es-es.resx, myresources.de-de.resx, and so on, the value to pass in this parameter is myresources.
- language
- Type: System.UInt32
The LCID of the target language. For a list, see the overview topic for the CultureInfo class.
Return value
Type: System.StringThe string value for the specified language. If a value cannot be found in the requested language, the value for the invariant language is returned. If a resource file for the invariant language does not exist or the specified resource name does not exist, the source string is returned without localization.
This method can retrieve a string value from a resource file located in the Resources folder that is just below the SharePoint Foundation installation root. The token that Visual Studio uses for this folder is {SharePointRoot}\Resources. The full path is %ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\15\Resources.