MVC4 localization. Accessing resx from view

asp.net-mvc-4, localization, razor, razor-2, resx

Solution

I used the special .NET folder `App_LocalResources`.

Here are the steps

Add the `.resx` files to that folder (i.e.: `Resource.resx`, `Resource.es-ES.resx`)

Right click on each `.resx` file and select `properties` and make sure the following are selected

Build Action: Embedded Resource 
Custom Tool: PublicResXFileCodeGenerator
Custom Tool Namespace: Resources

Then in your view you can use the `Resources` name space to access the text in your `.resx` file

<h2>@Resources.Resource.Global_Title<h2>

`@Resources` because that is the name that you gave in the `Custom Tool Namespace` and `.Resource` because that is the name of the `.resx` file

Also make sure that the resources are set to `Public`

To access the resources from any model just add a single line

using Resources;  //<<-- This line

namespace Concordia_CRM.Models
{
    public class SolicitudDemo
    {
        [Required]
        [Display(Name = "SD_NombreEmpresa", ResourceType = typeof(Resource))]
        public string NombreEmpresa { get; set; }

...
}

More details can be found on this post.

Problem

In my view I would like to access resource strings from the specific local resource on that file.. Just as you know it from web-forms: ``` (string)GetLocalResource("Title"); ``` Painless and smooth. The framework handles which .resx file to get from the culture info code extension (.en-EN.resx). Is that possible in MVC4 with Razore view? And how? Iv'e noticed that i can set the `Custom Tool` property on the .resx file to `PublicResXFileCodeGenerator`. That way I can access it from the view. Example: I've created 2 resource files for index.cshtml in danish and english. Just as I would in web-forms. Here's what I wish i could write (`Custom Tool Name` property set to 'ViewResource'): ``` @ViewResource.Title ``` Bam. If current culture is danish, title will be "Forside", and if english it would be "Home". But instead the only options I am given is choosing a specific file. And from that choose the desired string: ``` @ViewResource.Index_cshtml_en-EN_resx.Title ``` Thats not dynamic. So I thought I could make an extension class that would replace the en-EN/da-DK somehow. But that really seems like relatively alot of work for something so "simple" and already well and easy intergrated into web-forms. There has to be another way. Surely the mvc team has some smart mechanism for us like everything else :)

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