Strongly type resource files in C#
c#, embedded-resource, strong-typing
Solution
This might do what you're looking for: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/tools/resgen-exe-resource-file-generator
Since resource property types are determined at runtime, you'll need a tool to analyse the resource file pre-compile time and generate the wanted properties. Resgen.exe will do this, but you could create a custom t4 script or something else as well.
From the docs:
The following command reads an XML-based input file myResources.resx and writes a binary resources file named myResources.resources. It also generates a C# file named MyFile.cs with a class named MyClass that contains strongly-typed properties that match the resources that are referenced in the input file. The MyClass class is contained within a namespace named Namespace1.
resgen myResources.resx myResources.resources /str:C#,Namespace1,MyClass,MyFile.cs
Problem
I have a windows application that accesses a file in a class library project. ``` public static class Global { private static ResourceManager ResourceManager { get; set; } static Global () { ResourceManager = new ResourceManager("MyClassLibraryProject.Resource", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()); } private static string GetValue (string name) { return (ResourceManager.GetString(name, Options.CultureInfo)); } public static string ProductName { get { return (GetValue(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().Name.Replace("get_", ""))); } } } ` ``` I have created the `ProductName` property manually in this example. Is there an easier way to access strongly-typed names for each row in the resource file?