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Get assembly name at compile time and use it in code [duplicate]

Is there a way to find out the assembly name at design-time (i.e. not using reflection or runtime APIs such as System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly) from within Visual Studio?
The scenario requires a tool to get the assembly name that a Visual Studio project will eventually compile into.
This is like parsing the AssemblyName property of the .csproj - I am wondering if there are any APIs that can give this information reliably.
Please do not respond back with runtime APIs that use reflection - there is no assembly file present at the time I need the assembly name - just the metadata of the assembly in the csproj file.

if you are calling the tool via a post/pre-build event, this data is very easy to access.
Just go to the "project properties->Build Events" tab, then select either "edit pre-build" or "edit post-build", depending on when you want the tool to run. This should bring up an edit window with the ever helpful "Macros >>" button. Press this and you will be given a heap of macros to use and should be pretty much everything you need.

The "API" you could use is LINQ to XML after all the .csproj file is just xml. (and you can get the location of the .csproj file if you need from the solution file which for some reason is not XML but can be easily parsed)

You can use "TargetName" available in Macros for Post-build events. It will give you the assembly name for your project.

After a quick run through MSDN I found this article which might be a good start for some further research:
Accessing Project Type Specific Project, Project Item, and Configuration Properties

I think you will need to write some regular expression that will give you the value of "AssemblyTitle" attribute in AssemblyInfo.cs file.
Something like this:
public class Assembly
{
public static string GetTitle (string fileFullName) {
var contents = File.ReadAllText (fileFullName); //may raise exception if file doesn't exist
//regex string is: AssemblyTitle\x20*\(\x20*"(?<Title>.*)"\x20*\)
//loading from settings because it is annoying to type it in editor
var reg = new Regex (Settings.Default.Expression);
var match = reg.Match (contents);
var titleGroup = match.Groups["Title"];
return (match.Success && titleGroup.Success) ? titleGroup.Value : String.Empty;
}
}

Error message accessing asp.net Global Resource string programmatically

Trying to access a specific localised resource file such as WebResource.en.us which is located in my App_GlobalResources folder using the following code:
string resData = GetGlobalResourceObject("WebResource.en.us", "SomeResource").ToString();
but this keeps giving me the error below:
Could not find any resources appropriate for the specified culture or
the neutral culture. Make sure "Resources.WebResource.en-us.resources"
was correctly embedded or linked into assembly
"App_GlobalResources.bpqqrnv4" at compile time.
Any ideas ?

I tried the following Code
Page_Load(....)
{
/// note - i did NOT mention the culture when accesing my resourceFiles
Debug.WriteLineIf(
GetGlobalResourceObject("WebResource", "someResource")!=null,
GetGlobalResourceObject("WebResource", "someResource").ToString());
/// accessing a culture specific resource without changing Page Culture
CultureInfo yourCI = new CultureInfo("en-US");
Debug.WriteLine(
HttpContext.GetGlobalResourceObject(
"WebResource",
"someResource",
yourCI).ToString());
}
my Page directive
<% Page Culture="en-US" UICulture="en-US" ..... %>
My App_GlobalResources folder contains two files
WebResource.resx
WebResource.en-US.resx
Using this settings and code - my Debugger printed the value without any problems.
When removing WebResource.resx (my default ressource file) the same code throws an exception.
I would assume that you have to add a default resx file and remove the explicit culture notation in GetGlobalResourceObject(..., ..).
update: added some code to access specific resx culture file
see also MSDN

Could not find any resources appropriate for the specified culture or the neutral culture

I have created an assembly and later renamed it.
Then I started getting runtime errors when calling:
toolsMenuName = resourceManager.GetString(resourceName);
The resourceName variable is "enTools" at runtime.
Could not find any resources
appropriate for the specified culture
or the neutral culture. Make sure
"Jfc.TFSAddIn.CommandBar.resources"
was correctly embedded or linked into
assembly "Jfc.TFSAddIn" at compile
time, or that all the satellite
assemblies required are loadable and
fully signed.
The code:
string resourceName;
ResourceManager resourceManager = new ResourceManager("Jfc.TFSAddIn.CommandBar", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());
CultureInfo cultureInfo = new CultureInfo(_applicationObject.LocaleID);
if(cultureInfo.TwoLetterISOLanguageName == "zh")
{
CultureInfo parentCultureInfo = cultureInfo.Parent;
resourceName = String.Concat(parentCultureInfo.Name, "Tools");
}
else
{
resourceName = String.Concat(cultureInfo.TwoLetterISOLanguageName, "Tools");
}
toolsMenuName = resourceManager.GetString(resourceName); // EXCEPTION IS HERE
I can see the file CommandBar.resx included in the project, I can open it and can see the "enTools" string there. It seems that either resources are not included into assembly or resource are included but .NET cannot resolve the name.

I think simpler solution would be to create separate resources file for each language.
As far as this case is concerned check if the assembly containing resources has the default namespace set to the same text (Project->Properties->Default namespace; in VS)
Check as well if the resx file has a property BuildAction set to "Embedded resource"

Sounds similar to an issue we had. The namespace was incorrect in the resource file's designer. I fixed it by manually re-running the custom-tool on the resx file.
Right click your.resx, and click Run Custom Tool.

I'm sure you've already got the answer, but just in case:
You can view your ManifestResourceName by calling
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceNames()
Check that Manifest name and your name in GetString() calling are identical.
Also, be sure you have correct namespace in designer.resx file:
namespace Jfc.TFSAddIn {
...
global::System.Resources.ResourceManager temp =
new global::System.Resources.ResourceManager(
"Jfc.TFSAddIn.CommandBar", typeof(CommandBar).Assembly);
...
}
Open resx file properties: "Build Action" should be "Embedded Resource"

For me, the source of the problem was naming the rex files starting with a number:
20160216_tranlation.resx
I had to add an underscore _ before the resx file name when calling GetGlobalResourceObject:
public static string getResource(string key)
{
return HttpContext.GetGlobalResourceObject("_20160216_tranlation", key).ToString();
}

I corrected the namespace in designer file (Resources.Designer.cs) in ResourceManager static property & it worked for me.
See the code below:
[global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)]
internal static global::System.Resources.ResourceManager ResourceManager {
get {
if (object.ReferenceEquals(resourceMan, null)) {
global::System.Resources.ResourceManager temp = new global::System.Resources.ResourceManager("XYZAssembly.Properties.Resources", typeof(Resources).Assembly);
resourceMan = temp;
}
return resourceMan;
}
}

I added a temporary class within my Form.cs while (testing || debugging) that caused this exception to be thrown. The Form.resx file (Name || Resource ID) was modified to the temporary class name instead of the Form class name. This caused the issue for me. I (corrected || alleviated) this by creating a separate file for my temporary class in the project.

One Solution is to change the property of resx file from content to Embedded Resource and Build it.Sure this time u vil get

I have encountered this issue in Xamarin.Forms, when I tried to the rename the project, the resources could not be loaded anymore with the same stated error text.
To fix the problem I had to modify the .csproj by a text editor, and change the logical name of the embedded resource.
<EmbeddedResource Include="Localization\TextResources.resx">
<Generator>ResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
<LastGenOutput>TextResources.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
<LogicalName>YourNewNamespaceName.TextResources.resources</LogicalName>
<SubType>Designer</SubType>
</EmbeddedResource>
Also watch out for the autogenerated class when you rebuild it, the namespace stated in there might change.
Hope it helps someone that went into the same situation.

Got this error when I added a class ABOVE the partial form class in my Windows forms app.
It went away when I moved the class BELOW the partial form class.

This answer solved the problem for me! GetGlobalResourceObject

.Net Reflector not properly linking resources

Ive decompiled a library but when i try to run it, anything that requests something from the resource manager doesnt work properly leaving me with "{"Could not find any resources appropriate for the specified culture or the neutral culture. Make sure \"Logistics.Products.LayerPicking.Properties.Resources.resources\" was correctly embedded or linked into assembly \"LayerPicking.PBG\" at compile time, or that all the satellite assemblies required are loadable and fully signed."}"
[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)]
internal static System.Resources.ResourceManager ResourceManager
{
get
{
if (resourceMan== null)
{
System.Resources.ResourceManager manager = new System.Resources.ResourceManager("Logistics.Products.LayerPicking.Properties.Resources", typeof(Resources).Assembly);
resourceMan = manager;
}
return resourceMan;
}
}

It looks like the decompiling changed the name. The Resource looks like it is LayerPicking.PBG.KUKARoboter.Logistics.Products.LayerPicking.Properties.Resources - notice the "LayerPicking.PBG." - which is the name of your project.
VS.Net likes to add the default namespace of the project to the beginning of the resources when it embeds them.
So here are 2 options (you can do either one - I would recommend #1):
Change your default namespace to KUKARoboter and rename your resx files to start with Logistics (not KUKARoboter).
Search for the "KUKARoboter.Logistics string and add in your default namespace to the string so it reads like the string it is looking for "LayerPicking.PBG.KUKARoboter.Logistics"

StringTemplate: Loading a Template from disk?

I am using StringTemplate in c# and following code to load a template from a subdirectory of my application.
StringTemplateGroup group = new StringTemplateGroup("myGroup", "/tmp");
StringTemplate query = group.GetInstanceOf("Sample");
query.SetAttribute("column", "name");
Console.WriteLine(query);
I have a template file Sample.st in the tmp directory of my application.
I am getting the following error.
Unhandled Exception:
System.ArgumentException: Can't find
template Sample.st; group hierarchy is
[myGroup]
Does anyone know what is wrong here?

Probably you should specify absolute path as a second parameter for StringTemplateGroup constructor?

In addition to adding a reference to the Antlr3.StringTemplate assembly, you ALSO need to add a reference to the Antlr3.Runtime assembly (not necessarily the Antlr3.Runtime.Debug assembly, although this would also work). This worked for me.