Programmatically generate Designer.cs for resx file (ResXResourceWriter/ResXResourceReader)

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I'm creating/updating resx files in TFS using ResXResourceWriter/ResXResourceReader which doesnt generate the .Designer.cs file. I saw that Resgen creates the .Designer.cs. How can i call that programmatically to generate the .Designer.cs at a certain TFS file path? Is it something like this?

ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(@"C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK\v2.0 64bit\Bin\ResGen.exe");
                startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Minimized;
                startInfo.Arguments = "ResourceName.resx /publicClass /str:cs, Namespace, ResourceName, ResourceName.Designer.cs";
                Process.Start(startInfo);

score 19 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 02 '12 at 03:11

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I found out how to programmatically generate the .Designer.cs file.

string[] unmatchedElements;
var codeProvider = new Microsoft.CSharp.CSharpCodeProvider();
System.CodeDom.CodeCompileUnit code =
    System.Resources.Tools.StronglyTypedResourceBuilder.Create(
        "MyClass.resx", "MyClass", "my.namespace", codeProvider, 
        true, out unmatchedElements); // Needs System.Design.dll

using(StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter("MyClass.Designer.cs", false,
    System.Text.Encoding.UTF8))
{
    codeProvider.GenerateCodeFromCompileUnit(code, writer,
        new System.CodeDom.Compiler.CodeGeneratorOptions());
}

// Returns false if at least one ppty couldn't be generated.
return unmatchedElements.Length == 0;

edited Oct 02 '12 at 03:11

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answered Sep 21 '10 at 20:16

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So, solved? I was just going to give you that MSDN link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg418542.aspx ;) – Martin Buberl Jan 22 '11 at 20:12
So useful, Thanks body – Imran Sh Apr 21 '16 at 08:17

Programmatically generate Designer.cs for resx file (ResXResourceWriter/ResXResourceReader)

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