1: //Namespace reference

   2: using System;

   3: using System.Resources;

   4:  

   5:  

   6: #region ReadResourceFile

   7: /// <summary>

   8: /// method for reading a value from a resource file

   9: /// (.resx file)

  10: /// </summary>

  11: /// <param name="file">file to read from</param>

  12: /// <param name="key">key to get the value for</param>

  13: /// <returns>a string value</returns>

  14: public string ReadResourceValue(string file, string key)

  15: {

  16:     //value for our return value

  17:     string resourceValue = string.Empty;

  18:     try

  19:     {

  20:         // specify your resource file name 

  21:         string resourceFile = file;

  22:         // get the path of your file

  23:         string filePath = System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory.ToString();

  24:         // create a resource manager for reading from

  25:         //the resx file

  26:         ResourceManager resourceManager = ResourceManager.CreateFileBasedResourceManager(resourceFile, filePath, null);

  27:         // retrieve the value of the specified key

  28:         resourceValue = resourceManager.GetString(key);

  29:     }

  30:     catch (Exception ex)

  31:     {

  32:         Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);

  33:         resourceValue = string.Empty;

  34:     }

  35:     return resourceValue;

  36: }

  37: #endregion