.NET Localization not working

Question

I've created a localized winforms application (in VS2008) by setting the Localizable property to true and then editing the texts, etc... of my Mainform in the designer for the relevant language.

I also have some localized strings that the application needs (e.g. for displaying message boxes and such...). Those strings I have stored in a files named

strings.resx
strings.de.resx
... and so on

When I set the application's language via Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture it seems to work, but only within Visual Studio. When I create a release executable and double click it, the Winforms always uses the default language (even if I hardcode Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = ... in there...

I also tried setting strings.Culture and Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture, that didn't work either

thx for any help

ha! did't even know about dll's. I thought the strings would be compiled into the exe file. I copied the dll's over and now it works. thx. — DeX3, Jan 31 '13 at 15:12

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 31 '13 at 15:14

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Ensure that the additionally created DLLs are accessible by your EXE.

answered Jan 31 '13 at 15:14

Daniel A. White

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