ResourceManager.GetString Method (String, CultureInfo)
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Gets the value of the String resource localized for the specified culture.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
'Declaration Public Overridable Function GetString ( _ name As String, _ culture As CultureInfo _ ) As String
Parameters
- name
- Type: System.String
The name of the resource to get.
- culture
- Type: System.Globalization.CultureInfo
The culture for which the resource is localized. Note that if the resource is not localized for this culture, the lookup will fall back using the culture's Parent property, stopping after looking in the neutral culture.
If this value is Nothing, the CultureInfo is obtained using the culture's CurrentUICulture property.
Return Value
Type: System.StringThe value of the resource localized for the specified culture. If a best match is not possible, Nothing is returned.
| Exception | Condition |
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| ArgumentNullException | The name parameter is Nothing. |
| InvalidOperationException | The value of the specified resource is not a String. |
| MissingManifestResourceException | No usable set of resources has been found, and there are no neutral culture resources. |
If the resource has not been localized for that culture, the resource that is returned is localized for a best match (this is accomplished using the culture's Parent property). Otherwise, Nothing is returned.
If no usable set of resources has been found, the ResourceManager falls back on the neutral culture's resources, which are expected to be in the main assembly. If an appropriate culture resource has not been found, a MissingManifestResourceException is thrown.
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The GetString method is thread-safe. |
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This method can throw more exceptions than are listed. One reason this might occur is if a method that this method calls throws an exception. For example, a FileLoadException might be thrown if an error was made deploying or installing a satellite assembly. |
The following code example gets a string resource using the specified culture.
Imports System.Globalization Imports System.Threading Imports System.Resources Imports System.Reflection Class Example Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock) ' 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) outputBlock.Text &= str & vbCrLf End Sub End Class
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