I got the problem that I need to distribute a C# project as a single EXE file which is not an installer but the real program. It also needs to include a translation which currently resides in a sub...

The program below is supposed to get a resource string from a satellite resourcefile. It works fine when compiled with target framework='NET Framework 4.5.2' using VS2015. However, setting target f...

I want to override a string from a System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations for an ASP.NET project. Do I need to make a satellite assembly, messing with custom build tasks, al.exe etc.? Even if yes, I...

Is it possible to tell MSBuild to NOT copy the satellite asssemblies for a certain assembly or for all? I have a nuget package, which contains resource assemblies, but I do not want to include the...

In my C# application, I've a plugin mechanism that loads plugin DLLs from different pathes as specified in a configuration XML file. My application is localizable. The main assembly (the *.exe) has...

What is a satellite assembly, and when should they be used?

What decides the target framework version of a satellite assembly? Looking at the log file I can see the satellite assembly is build by running ResGen.exe and Al.exe but I can't find out what deci...

I'm converting a project to use a satellite assembly. I created a new class library (named "Resources"). All of the default resources are at the root level *.resx. Then there is a folder for each c...

The project I'm working on is switching from using the VS2008 deployment/installer to WiX, which i'm currently very new to. I've added the code to copy the output of the resources project into the ...

I'm working on a C# .NET application and I'm performing localization with resource files. I have culture specific resource files like: MyResource.resx; MyResource.fr-FR.resx; MyResource.ja-JP.re...

In order to make use of GetGlobalResourceObject() in Visual Studio 2008 I have to copy a .resx file into the folder App_GlobalResources of Visual Studio. After the application is precompiled, the r...

I'm working in a project which references assemblies from a third company. These assemblies have satellite assemblies that I'm copying with a post-build event to the bin folder. Is There a way to ...

We have an application whose structure when compiled looks something like this: Foo nb-NO Text.resources.dll sv-SE Text.resources.dll Bar.dll Foo.exe Text.dll Is it possible to use ILM...