Replacement for resx xml editor in VS.NET?

[Mike Bridge]

Hi-

I'm editing text resources (for multilingual support) in resx files,
and I find I waste a lot of time using the editor in vs.net---the
editing functions are either buggy or else very poorly thought out:

- can't copy-and-paste a line from one set of resources to another
- hitting "shift" while typing a space highlights the whole line,
causing the next key press to erase the entire value
- hitting End or Home only takes you to the end or start of the
visible text, not the end of the line (as it should)
- it's difficult to view the entry you just entered, because it gets
sorted alphabetically into the list
- impossible to do a text search unless you switch to XML mode.

I've tried a number of alternatives, but none are any better:

http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/ResourceEditor.asp (gives me all
sorts of error messages, can't edit a resource name)
http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/ (Resourcer) - can't copy-and-paste
text, isn't integrated into VS
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscct...rce_editor.asp - very
minimal
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...urceEditor.exe
- doesn't seem to install properly

Any other suggestions?

-Mike

[Mike Bridge]

Oh, and I forgot to mention another annoyance, which is that the
settings (e.g. the column widths) get reset when you save the resx
file.

-Mike

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 22:18:17 GMT, Mike Bridge <mi**@bridgecanada.com>
wrote:

Hi-

I'm editing text resources (for multilingual support) in resx files,
and I find I waste a lot of time using the editor in vs.net---the
editing functions are either buggy or else very poorly thought out:

- can't copy-and-paste a line from one set of resources to another
- hitting "shift" while typing a space highlights the whole line,
causing the next key press to erase the entire value
- hitting End or Home only takes you to the end or start of the
visible text, not the end of the line (as it should)
- it's difficult to view the entry you just entered, because it gets
sorted alphabetically into the list
- impossible to do a text search unless you switch to XML mode.

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

Mike,

Make sure you express your needs here:

http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/produc...k/default.aspx

Ken
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Oh, and I forgot to mention another annoyance, which is that the
settings (e.g. the column widths) get reset when you save the resx
file.

-Mike

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 22:18:17 GMT, Mike Bridge <mi**@bridgecanada.com>
wrote:

Hi-

I'm editing text resources (for multilingual support) in resx files,
and I find I waste a lot of time using the editor in vs.net---the
editing functions are either buggy or else very poorly thought out:

- can't copy-and-paste a line from one set of resources to another
- hitting "shift" while typing a space highlights the whole line,
causing the next key press to erase the entire value
- hitting End or Home only takes you to the end or start of the
visible text, not the end of the line (as it should)
- it's difficult to view the entry you just entered, because it gets
sorted alphabetically into the list
- impossible to do a text search unless you switch to XML mode.