Building the NorthwindTraders Resource Files

You now have enough information to be able to create your resource files for use with the Employee Edit form. Open the NorthwindTraders Windows application and add a new folder to the NorthwindTraders solution called en-US. Then add an Assembly Resource File to the folder by right-clicking the folder and selecting Add Existing Item; call it NorthwindTraders.en-US.resx (note that you must type in this entire name; if you leave off the .resx extension, the file will not be created properly in the designer). Add the entries to it as shown in Table 13-2 and make sure that the name entry is in all caps (this is a case-sensitive value).

Table 13-2: English Employee Resource List

Name	Value
COURTESY	Courtesy
FIRST_NAME	First Name
LAST_NAME	Last name
TITLE	Title
REPORTS_TO	Reports To
BIRTH_DATE	Birth Date
HIRE_DATE	Hire Date
HOME_PHONE	Home Phone
EXTENSION	Extension
ADDRESS	Address
CITY	City
REGION	Region
POSTAL_CODE	Postal Code
COUNTRY	Country
PHOTO	Photo
NOTES	Notes
SELECTED_TER	Selected Territories
AVAILABLE_TER	Available Territories
OK	OK
CANCEL	Cancel

Save this file and add another folder to the NorthwindTraders project called fr-FR. Then add another Assembly Resource File to the folder and call it NorthwindTraders.fr-FR.resx (note that you must type in this entire name; if you leave off the .resx extension, the file will not be created properly in the designer).

Tip

You can copy the NorthwindTraders.en-US.resx file to the fr-FR folder and then rename it to NorthwindTraders.fr-FR.resx. Then you can just add it to the solution and you only need to enter the French translation.

Add the entries to it as shown in Table 13-3.

Table 13-3: French Employee Resource List

Name	Value	Literal Translation
COURTESY	Courtoisie
FIRST_NAME	Premier Nom
LAST_NAME	Dernier Nom
TITLE	Titre
REPORTS_TO	Est sous l'autorit de	Is under the authority of
BIRTH_DATE	Date de naissance
HIRE_DATE	Engager la Date
HOME_PHONE	T l phone particulier
EXTENSION	T l phoner l'Extension
ADDRESS	Adresse
CITY	Ville
REGION	R gion
POSTAL_CODE	Code postal
COUNTRY	Pays
PHOTO	Photo
NOTES	Notes
SELECTED_TER	Territoires choisis
AVAILABLE_TER	Territoires disponibles
OK	D'ACCORD
CANCEL	Annuler

Save this file and add another folder to the NorthwindTraders project called es-ES. Then add another Assembly Resource File to the folder and call it NorthwindTraders.es-ES.resx (note that you must type in this entire name; if you leave off the .resx extension, the file will not be created properly in the designer). Add the entries to it as shown in Table 13-4.

Table 13-4: Spanish Employee Resource List

Name	Value	Literal Translation
COURTESY	La cortes a
FIRST_NAME	Primero Nombre
LAST_NAME	El apellido	The surname
TITLE	El t tulo
REPORTS_TO	Los informes a	The reports to
BIRTH_DATE	La Fecha del nacimiento
HIRE_DATE	Emplee la Fecha
HOME_PHONE	El Tel fono buscador
EXTENSION	La extensi n
ADDRESS	La direcci n
CITY	La ciudad
REGION	La regi n
POSTAL_CODE	El C digo postal
COUNTRY	El pa s
PHOTO	La foto
NOTES	Las notas
SELECTED_TER	Los Territorios escogidos
AVAILABLE_TER	Los Territorios disponibles
OK	BUENO
CANCEL	Cancele

When you have finished, save this file as well.

Caution

Be sure to set the Build Action property for each of the .resx files to None. This prevents the file from being built into the application and deployed in an invalid form by accident. The .NET IDE cannot create satellite assemblies. You have placed the resources files in the project because it is easier to keep everything together.