How to replace hardcoded string for label text in *.Designer.cs C#?

Question

How can I correctly replace hardcoded string for labels in Form1.Designers.cs?

Instead of:

        this.button1.Text = "TheButton";
        this.label1.Text = "TheLabel";

I want to write:

        this.button1.Text = Resources.ButtonText;
        this.label1.Text = Resources.LabelText;

After changing form in visual designer (add any component and save) VS code generator turns back label text to hardcoded string:

        this.button1.Text = Resources.ButtonText;
        this.label1.Text = "TheLabel";

Is anybody knows how to solve this issue?

So you write `Resources.LabelText;` and VS turns it back to `"TheLabel";`. Is this the case? — Hossain Muctadir, Nov 19 '13 at 06:33
Put it in the form constructor. The designer regenerates the code and will wipe out your changes. — Simon Whitehead, Nov 19 '13 at 06:38
Autogenerator doesn't wipe out replacing for button text. i.e. this.button1.Text = Resources.ButtonText remains after form changing in designer. — Skiv, Nov 19 '13 at 06:48

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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Prevent Auto code change in Designer.cs for a specific line

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace Test
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
     {
       public Form1()
         {
           InitializeComponent();
           this.button1.Text = Resources.ButtonText;
         }
     }
}

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered Nov 19 '13 at 06:37

Danila Polevshchikov

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This is not good solution for me. I would like to see label's text in designer and also I don't want to duplicate any code. For buttons replacing of hardcoded strings works perfect but for labels don't. – Skiv Nov 19 '13 at 06:45
Sad, but I didn't find better solution. – Skiv Nov 19 '13 at 11:55

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 19 '13 at 06:40

The easiest would be to make your own Button/Label, where it takes its Text property from Resources:

class MyButton: Button
{
    // put here attributes to stop its serialization into code and displaying in the designer
    public new string Text
    {
        get {return base.Text;}
        set {base.Text = value;}
    }

    public MyButton() : base()
    {
        base.Text = Resources.ButtonText;
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 28 '18 at 06:22

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Just found the solution to prevent the reversion of the reference in the designer.cs file.

Instead of

this.label1.Text = MyNamespace.Properties.Resources.gui_lable1_text;

make it

this.label1.Text = global::MyNamespace.Properties.Resources.gui_lable1_text;

edited May 28 '18 at 06:22

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answered May 28 '18 at 06:18

justme

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How to replace hardcoded string for label text in *.Designer.cs C#?

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