How do I access GetGlobalResourceObject function from a class that is not a page?

Question

I have a class in my asp.net proj, I would like to get access GetGlobalResourceObject (that page exposes), from anywhere in the site, possible?

In other words I wanna access the global resources from a class that is not a page I don't care how.

Answer 1

Answer: Yes, as following pseudo:

Resources.<The name of the resources file name>.<your resource key>;

Example:

lblTitle.Text = Resources.MySettings.WebsiteTitle;

Resources is an Visual-Studio auto generated namespace that exposes all the global resource classes and props in the project.

Answer 2

You should use

HttpContext.GetGlobalResourceObject("myResourceKey")

...because that way it will still work when using a custom ResourceProvider. The default type-generator for Resource files explicitely uses the Resx provider and won't work if you implement something like a database provider.

Answer 3

If you are in the site you have access to HttpContext and can use:

HttpContext.GetGlobalResourceObject("myResourceKey")

Answer 4

On some farms you'll need to wrap the call to

HttpContext.GetGlobalResourceObject("myResourceKey")

inside a try/catch block to get it over the "Could not find any resources appropriate for the specified culture or the neutral culture" error.

Answer 5

I kinda took this from the resource designer,

ResourceManager temp = 
  new ResourceManager("Resources.<<resource name>>", 
    System.Reflection.Assembly.Load("App_GlobalResources"));