C#.net - Read and Write into a resx file programmatically

In this article, i will show you how to create a Resources file(.resx) into you'r project through programming.

Step 1
Create a Console application and give name it ConResource

Step 2
First we have to create a Resources file then we add key with value,In Program class a create static method for creating resources file and value.it is look like this

public static void Create()
        {
            try
            {
                // Create a instance of ResourceWriter and specify the name of the resource file.
                System.Resources.ResourceWriter RWObj = new ResourceWriter(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + "MyResource.resx");

                // Add String resource 
                RWObj.AddResource("FirstName", "Kishor");
                RWObj.AddResource("LastName", "Naik");

                // Close the Resource Writer
                RWObj.Close();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw new Exception(ex.Message);  
            }
        }

Step 3
Read the Resources file,it is look like this

 public static void Read()
        {
            try
            {
                // Create a instance of the ResourceReader and specify location of the resource file
                System.Resources.ResourceReader RRobj = new ResourceReader(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + "MyResource.resx");

                // Read a resource file
                foreach (System.Collections.DictionaryEntry DE in RRobj)
                {
                    try
                    {
                        System.Console.WriteLine(DE.Key + "\t:\t" + DE.Value);
                    }
                    catch (Exception)
                    { }
                }

                // Close the ResourceReader
                RRobj.Close();  
               
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw new Exception(ex.Message);  
            }
        }

Step 4
Call above methods in Main function,it is look like this

static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                
                Create(); // Create a Resource file and add a value
                Read(); // read a resource file
                
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                System.Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);   
            }
        }

Full Code

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Resources;
using System.Collections;  

namespace ConResource
{
    public class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {

                Create(); // Create a Resource file and add a value
                Read(); // read a resource file
                
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                System.Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);   
            }
        }

        #region Methods

        public static void Create()
        {
            try
            {
                // Create a instance of ResourceWriter and specify the name of the resource file.
                System.Resources.ResourceWriter RWObj = new ResourceWriter(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + "MyResource.resx");

                // Add String resource 
                RWObj.AddResource("FirstName", "Kishor");
                RWObj.AddResource("LastName", "Naik");

                // Close the Resource Writer
                RWObj.Close();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw new Exception(ex.Message);  
            }
        }

        public static void Read()
        {
            try
            {
                // Create a instance of the ResourceReader and specify location of the resource file
                System.Resources.ResourceReader RRobj = new ResourceReader(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + "MyResource.resx");

                // Read a resource file
                foreach (System.Collections.DictionaryEntry DE in RRobj)
                {
                    try
                    {
                        System.Console.WriteLine(DE.Key + "\t:\t" + DE.Value);
                    }
                    catch (Exception)
                    { }
                }

                // Close the ResourceReader
                RRobj.Close();  
               
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw new Exception(ex.Message);  
            }
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

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