Resources in Application Page

Question

I've created an application page with a dropdown that's using resources, like this:

<SharePoint:DVDropDownList ID="ContentTypesDropDown" runat="server">
  <asp:ListItem Text="<%$ Resources:Yucatan.Global.UI,Devider; %>" Value="" />
</SharePoint:DVDropDownList>

This resource is an AppGlobalResource. I've double checked that the resource file is in the App_GlobalResources.

Somehow the resource isn't working. It just shows as an empty string. I've also tried with a resource file in the resources directory of sharepoint, but then I get an exception. Does anyone know why the resource text isn't showing?

Answer 1

Perhaps the extra semicolon after resource key name "Devider" is causing the problem. It is not required.