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Getting a string from a resource file in an untyped manner

I'm working on an ASP.Net project which has all of its translations in a Translations.resx file. Is there an easy way to get a translated string in an untyped manner?

I don't want to do

Translations.TranslateThisKey

but rather something like

Translations["TranslateThisKey"]

I need this because the key is a code coming from an external resource.

Solution

  • try this

    var Translations = new ResourceManager("MyResources", 
    Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly())
        .GetResourceSet(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, false, true)
        .Cast<DictionaryEntry>()
        .Where(e => e.Value is string)
        .ToDictionary(e => e.Key, e => (string) e.Value);

var result = Translations["TranslateThisKey"];