The problem I am facing has as follows:
I have developed a portable class library to encapsulate a service connection. Inside this class library there is a Resources.resw file containing strings. These strings are called only by methods of the class library (for example to override ToString() methods).
As I said this is a portable class library. If I reference it as a dll, or even as a project inside another solution, it gets built and compiles correctly. Then I make a call using a method of this library within my application, say
ClientFacadeConnector connector = new ClientFacadeConnector();
ICollection<SearchResult> results = null;
string message = string.Empty;
if (maxResults != -1) //Search with max Results
{
try
{
if (!contextQuery.Trim().Equals(string.Empty))
{
results = await connector.GetConnected().SearchAsync(contextQuery, query, maxResults);
message = "Search with ContextQuery " + contextQuery + ", Query " + query + ", max results " + maxResults.ToString();
}
else
{
results = await connector.GetConnected().SearchAsync(query, maxResults, true);
message = "...using normal Query search, Query " + query + ", max results " + maxResults.ToString();
}
}
catch (IQserException ex)
{
message = ex.Message;
}
}
if (results != null)
{
ICollection<LocalSearchResult> contentResults = new List<LocalSearchResult>();
foreach (SearchResult s in results)
{
var q = s.ToString();
var contentItem = await connector.GetConnected().GetContentAsync(s.ContentId);
LocalSearchResult lContent = new LocalSearchResult(contentItem);
lContent.Score = s.Score;
lContent.Relevance = s.Relevance;
lContent.MarkFullText(query);
contentResults.Add(lContent);
}
At the point where I call s.ToString() method, I get an error "Resource Map not found".
To explain where this comes from:
public static class AppResources
{
private static ResourceLoader resourceLoader;
static AppResources()
{
// Load local file Resources.resw by default
resourceLoader = new ResourceLoader();
}
public static string GetResources(string key)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(key))
throw new ArgumentNullException("key");
return resourceLoader.GetString(key);
}
}
and inside the overridden ToString() method there is code that looks as follows:
public override string ToString()
{
StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(AppResources.GetResources("InstrSearchResultContent"));
if (ContentId != -1)
{
buf.Append(AppResources.GetResources("StringContent") + " ID:" + ContentId.ToString() + " | ");
}
else
{
buf.Append(AppResources.GetResources("StringNo") + AppResources.GetResources("StringContent") + "ID" + " | ");
}
...
The resource file is called resources.resw and is the default resw file that ResourceLoader calls if no other is called.
Strangely enough, if I copy the resource file inside the client application locally, it is referenced correctly by all calls to the class library resource file and everything works.
This class library is supposed to be an SDK when finished. Do I need to distribute the resource file separately?
Such a problem I have never experienced with normal Class libraries and resx files. Resw is giving me the creeps..