Resource for MessageBox

[randy1200]

I have the following line of C# code:

MessageBox.Show(filesThatDoNotExist, "Files Not Found", MessageBoxButtons.OK);

This line generates the following warning when I select "Run Code Analysis"

CA1303 : Microsoft.Globalization : Form1.btnGenerateDocuments_Click(Object,
EventArgs):Void passes a literal as parameter 2 of a call to
MessageBox.Show(String, String, MessageBoxButtons):DialogResult. Retrieve the
following string argument from a resource table instead: 'Files Not Found'

When the warning talks about:

"Retrieve the following string argument from a resource table instead:
'Files Not Found' "

Are they talking about something that allready exists or a resource I have
to create?

I kept expecting to find something like MessageBoxButtons.Something, but
didn't find anything like that with the string "Files Not Found"

Thanks,
--
Randy

[Simon Tamman]

Nahh it's whinging about the fact that you are passing a language specific
string to display to the user.
If you say, port your code to Spanish, finding all those literal English
strings will be a pain.
The "Best Practice" is to place the literal string in a resource file and
extract the string from there.

HTH

Simon

"randy1200" <ra*******@newsgroups.nospamwrote in message
news:D5**********************************@microsof t.com...

I have the following line of C# code:

MessageBox.Show(filesThatDoNotExist, "Files Not Found",

MessageBoxButtons.OK);

>
This line generates the following warning when I select "Run Code

Analysis"

>
CA1303 : Microsoft.Globalization :

Form1.btnGenerateDocuments_Click(Object,

EventArgs):Void passes a literal as parameter 2 of a call to
MessageBox.Show(String, String, MessageBoxButtons):DialogResult. Retrieve

the

following string argument from a resource table instead: 'Files Not Found'

When the warning talks about:

"Retrieve the following string argument from a resource table instead:
'Files Not Found' "

Are they talking about something that allready exists or a resource I have
to create?

I kept expecting to find something like MessageBoxButtons.Something, but
didn't find anything like that with the string "Files Not Found"

Thanks,
--
Randy

[Walter Wang [MSFT]]

Hi Randy,

On the CA1303 documentation page, there're some example code demostrates
how to use ResourceManager to load resources:

#Do not pass literals as localized parameters
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182187.aspx

For more information about resources, please refer to following section and
its sub-sections:

#Resources in Applications
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f45fce5x.aspx

Please reply to let us know whether or not you need further information.
Thank you.

Sincerely,
Walter Wang (wa****@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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