Localizing attributes in properties

[Steve Teeples]

I have placed text within a resouce file.

The class has a reference to a Resource Manager LocRM created in the
constructor. I want to reference the text within the resource file when
declaring a property. See below.

[Description(this.LocRM.GetText("strTestCategoryID" )),
Category(TestCaseStrings.strLabelDescription),
DefaultValueAttribute(TestingCategories.TestingCat egory.Miscellaneous)]
public virtual TestingCategories.TestingCategory TestCategory
{
get { return category; }
set { category = value; }
}

Obviously the compiler generates an error because it is expecting a constant
string where I'd like the this.LocRM("....").

How do I reference text within a resource file and place it in an attribute
above?

--
Steve

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Steve,
I don't have a link to an example handy of overriding it, my understanding
is you need to derive a new class from DescriptionAttribute & override the
Description Property, saving its value in the DescriptionValue property...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...valuetopic.asp

Hope this helps
Jay

"Steve Teeples" <St**********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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|I have placed text within a resouce file.
|
| The class has a reference to a Resource Manager LocRM created in the
| constructor. I want to reference the text within the resource file when
| declaring a property. See below.
|
| [Description(this.LocRM.GetText("strTestCategoryID" )),
| Category(TestCaseStrings.strLabelDescription),
| DefaultValueAttribute(TestingCategories.TestingCat egory.Miscellaneous)]
| public virtual TestingCategories.TestingCategory TestCategory
| {
| get { return category; }
| set { category = value; }
| }
|
| Obviously the compiler generates an error because it is expecting a
constant
| string where I'd like the this.LocRM("....").
|
| How do I reference text within a resource file and place it in an
attribute
| above?
|
| --
| Steve

[Steve Teeples]

Jay,

I derived the class. See below. By calling MyDesciption in the property
it now correctly gets the string. Thanks so much.

/// <summary>
/// Overrides the DescriptionAttribute class in order to allow for
localization.
/// </summary>
public class MyDescriptionAttribute :
System.ComponentModel.DescriptionAttribute
{
public MyDescriptionAttribute(string attribute)
{
this.attribute = attribute;
}
#region Fields
protected CheckItResources LocRS = new CheckItResources();
protected string attribute;
#endregion // Fields

/// <summary>
/// Returns the localized string for the attribute.
/// </summary>
public override string Description
{
get
{
return this.DescriptionValue =
LocRS.GetText(this.attribute);
}
}
}

"Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

Steve,
I don't have a link to an example handy of overriding it, my understanding
is you need to derive a new class from DescriptionAttribute & override the
Description Property, saving its value in the DescriptionValue property...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...valuetopic.asp

Hope this helps
Jay

"Steve Teeples" <St**********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AF**********************************@microsof t.com...
|I have placed text within a resouce file.
|
| The class has a reference to a Resource Manager LocRM created in the
| constructor. I want to reference the text within the resource file when
| declaring a property. See below.
|
| [Description(this.LocRM.GetText("strTestCategoryID" )),
| Category(TestCaseStrings.strLabelDescription),
| DefaultValueAttribute(TestingCategories.TestingCat egory.Miscellaneous)]
| public virtual TestingCategories.TestingCategory TestCategory
| {
| get { return category; }
| set { category = value; }
| }
|
| Obviously the compiler generates an error because it is expecting a
constant
| string where I'd like the this.LocRM("....").
|
| How do I reference text within a resource file and place it in an
attribute
| above?
|
| --
| Steve