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TemplateControl.GetGlobalResourceObject Method (String, String)

Gets an application-level resource object based on the specified ClassKey and ResourceKey properties.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

'Declaration
Protected Function GetGlobalResourceObject ( _
	className As String, _
	resourceKey As String _
) As Object
'Usage
Dim className As String 
Dim resourceKey As String 
Dim returnValue As Object 

returnValue = Me.GetGlobalResourceObject(className, _
	resourceKey)

Parameters

className
Type: System.String

A string representing a ClassKey.

resourceKey
Type: System.String

A string representing a ResourceKey.

Return Value

Type: System.Object
An object representing the requested resource object; otherwise, Nothing.

Application-level resources are stored in the App_GlobalResources folder. For more information, see Resources in ASP.NET Applications.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the GetGlobalResourceObject method to access a string named GlobalResourceString1 from a global resource named MyResource.resx in the App_GlobalResources folder. The className parameter is MyResource without the .resx extension.

<%@ Page Language="VB" Culture="auto" UICulture="auto" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">

  Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

    Dim localresourcestring As String 
    Dim globalresourcestring As String 

    ' Get the local resource string. 
    Try

      localresourcestring = "Found the local resource string and it's value is: " & _
        Convert.ToString(GetLocalResourceObject("LocalResourceString1")) & "." 

    Catch

      localresourcestring = "Could not find local resource." 

    End Try 

    ' Get the global resource string. 
    Try 

      ' Look in the global resource file called MyResource.resx.
      globalresourcestring = "Found the global resource string and it's value is: " & _
        Convert.ToString(GetGlobalResourceObject("MyResource", "GlobalResourceString1")) & "." 

    Catch

      globalresourcestring = "Could not find global resource." 

    End Try

    LocalResourceMessage.InnerText = localresourcestring
    GlobalResourceMessage.InnerText = globalresourcestring

  End Sub
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>TemplateControl GetGlobalResourceObject and GetLocalResourceObject Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
    <h3>TemplateControl GetGlobalResourceObject and GetLocalResourceObject Example</h3>
      <span id="LocalResourceMessage"
            runat="server"/>
      <br />
      <span id="GlobalResourceMessage"
            runat="server" />
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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
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