Localizing with satellite assemblies

Question

I am trying using satellite assemblies for localization in WinForms application. The directory structure is as follows:

• bin
  • Program.exe
  • de
    • Program.resources.dll

In the Program.exe, this code is executed in Main method:

Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new CultureInfo("de");

Application.Run(new Form());

I checked the FUSLOGVW.exe output:

*** Assembly Binder Log Entry  (5/30/2012 @ 5:19:37 PM) ***

The operation failed.
Bind result: hr = 0x80070002. The system cannot find the file specified.

Assembly manager loaded from:  C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\clr.dll
Running under executable  D:\tmp\bin\Program.exe
--- A detailed error log follows. 

=== Pre-bind state information ===
LOG: User = paulius_l
LOG: DisplayName = Program.resources, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=de, PublicKeyToken=...
 (Fully-specified)
LOG: Appbase = file:///D:/tmp/bin/
LOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL
LOG: Dynamic Base = NULL
LOG: Cache Base = NULL
LOG: AppName = Program.exe
Calling assembly : Program, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=....
===
LOG: Start binding of native image Program.resources, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=de, PublicKeyToken=....
WRN: No matching native image found.
LOG: IL assembly loaded from D:\tmp\bin\de\Program.resources.dll.

This looks fine, however strings just do not get localized -- default strings from the Program.exe are still used.

To get the strings I use Visual Studio-generated Res class from the Res.resx.

What am I missing here?

Edit: added full FUSLOGVW output, for those that understand it better than I do.

Answer 1

This was my huge mistake I did when I wrote automated build script which would generate satellite assemblies externally. The problem was that while generating the classes in the satellite assemblies, I missed the Res class. No wonder it did not work.

After long hours spent, I found the problem this morning.

Answer 2

I believe your culture identifier is wrong on this line:

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new CultureInfo("de");

Culture identifiers for CultureInfo take the form of "languagecode-countrycode". E.g. "en-US" for US English and "en-GB" for British/UK English.

Try "de-DE".

There's some further reading available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.cultureinfo.name%28v=vs.95%29.aspx and http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb896001.aspx for a list of culture identifiers.