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Create Resource file using Visual Studio IDE

Copy the resource file into 12 hive resource folder

GetLocalized method from SPUtility to read the values from resource file

Syntax:

SPUtility.GetLocalizedString(“$Resources:<<ResourceFileName,ResourceKeyName>>”, “<<ResourceFileName>>”, lang);

Example:

SPUtility.GetLocalizedString(“$Resources:MyResources,FirstName”, “MyResources”, lang);

Sample Source:

using System;

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

using System.Web.UI;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;

using System.Xml.Serialization;

using Microsoft.SharePoint;

using Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls;

using Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages;

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities;

namespace ResourceFile

{

[Guid(“fc643df7-8836-41bf-913f-662ed57e659a”)]

public
class
ResourceCollection : System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebPart

{

string FirstName;

string LastName;

public ResourceCollection()

{

}

protected
override
void CreateChildControls()

{

base.CreateChildControls();

uint lang = SPContext.Current.Web.Language;

FirstName = SPUtility.GetLocalizedString(“$Resources:MyResources,FirstName”, “MyResources”, lang);

LastName = SPUtility.GetLocalizedString(“$Resources:MyResources,LastName”, “MyResources”, lang);

}

protected
override
void Render(HtmlTextWriter writer)

{

writer.Write(“Value of First Name from Resource File : “ + FirstName);

writer.Write(“Value of Last Name from Resource File : “ + LastName);

}

}

}