Borrowing resources from another assembly

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I have project with my resources (resx files), and I want to use them as App_GlobalResources in another assembly which is asp.net project.

Now I've tried to click on Add > Existing Item > Add as link, and despite the files are visible int this folder, they are missing on the runtime and i see info that the application cannot find resource with specified key..

Any suggestions? Maybe there is other way to use resources from that library?

I just want it to be joinable by <% $ Resources x, y %>

Possible duplicate of: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3192223/resx-files-and-extra-application-layer and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1222519/access-resx-resource-files-from-another-project — RPM1984, Jul 07 '10 at 12:02
Not really.. I need a solution to use linked resources with <% $ Resources x,y %> syntax.. — Łukasz W., Jul 08 '10 at 04:28

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 07 '10 at 08:55

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Right click on the items, and set the compile mode to "Resource". I think that was what I had to do...

answered Jul 07 '10 at 08:55

Merlyn Morgan-Graham

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Ahh well, was worth a shot. Haven't worked with ASP, just XAML/image resources :) – Merlyn Morgan-Graham Jul 07 '10 at 09:19

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 07 '10 at 08:57

AFAIK the <%$ Resources:Key %> syntax works only with resource files in the App_LocalResources special folder.

You could make the auto-generated source file public (instead of internal) and use the key directly by setting the Custom Tool to PublicResXFileCodeGenerator.

Borrowing resources from another assembly

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