Visual Studio's Access Modifier drop down option is disabled for resource file

Question

Not sure why Access Modifier drop down is disabled for a Resource file.

Here are file properties:

score 41 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 26 '10 at 22:00

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If possible, change your Custom Tool back to the default "ResXFileCodeGenerator".

I tried changing a default web app project to use "GlobalResourceProxyGenerator" and it caused the Access Modifier drop down to disable.

answered Jan 26 '10 at 22:00

Jacob Ewald

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yeah that does it. you can also set custom tool to PublicResXFileCodeGenerator. http://guysmithferrier.com/post/2008/06/Public-Strongly-Typed-Resources-With-PublicResXFileCodeGenerator.aspx – dev.e.loper Jan 26 '10 at 22:29
or just make it empty – Tristan Jul 09 '13 at 07:28

score 15 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 22 '16 at 10:17

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Now it works.

edited Apr 22 '16 at 10:17

Hongbin Wang

answered Apr 22 '16 at 09:27

dev1

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You might also need to change the "Custom Tool Namespace" in the properties window to Resources, otherwise the paths to the strings change when changing the tool – Lukos Jun 16 '16 at 09:55
Of all the various suggestions on the internet, this is the only one I've found that works! The magic ingredient is changing the namespace. ^^^^ – Doug Kent Mar 30 '17 at 16:16

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