[Mono-winforms-list] Important ResourceManager notes

[Rafael Teixeira]

How unfortunate... :(

On 6/10/05, Matthijs ter Woord (meddochat) <meddochat at zonnet.nl> wrote:
> Mono build assemblies won't be usable localized on ms.net.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rafael Teixeira" <monoman at gmail.com>
> To: "Kornél Pál" <kornelpal at hotmail.com>
> Cc: <mono-winforms-list at lists.ximian.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 7:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mono-winforms-list] Important ResourceManager notes
> 
> 
> I suggest to have our ResourceManager be smarter than MS's one, and
> first search non-neutral resources in the main assembly and just try
> the sattelite ones if not found. That way we are compatible with
> VS.NET projects generated assembly-sets but can accomodate a basic set
> of localizations in just one assembly, what would be nicer to compile
> and package/distribute.
> 
> Or maybe the order should be reversed to allow for updated
> localizations being distributed as sattellites and override the basic
> internal set. Opinions are welcome.
> 
> :)
> 
> On 6/10/05, Kornél Pál <kornelpal at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am about post an extenive ResourceManager patch.
> > I am still working on the test unit to make discover the correct behaviour
> > of ResourceManager and prevent regressions.
> >
> > There were a lot of differences between Mono and .NET Framework
> > implementation.
> >
> > The most important that will break Managed.Windows.Forms is that neutral
> > resources has to be read from the main assembly any other resources has to
> > be read from the appropriate satellite assembly.
> >
> > System.Windows.Forms.dll contains all the cultures of resources in the
> main
> > assembly and only the neutral resources will be available in
> ResourceManager
> > after the patch.
> >
> > Note that this change does not effect GetManifestResourceStream but it
> > should not be used with localizable resources. (Managed.Windows.Forms is
> not
> > using GetManifestResourceStream for localization)
> >
> > Kornél
> >
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Rafael "Monoman" Teixeira
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I'm trying to become a "Rosh Gadol" before my own eyes. 
See http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2004/12/06.html for enlightment.
It hurts!