Multiple Resources Files in . NET

Question

It is possible to have 2 Resources files in visual studio with the same Resources name, one of which is intended for test environments and another for production environments?

Answer 1

Not exactly with the same name, but you can have a file with the same prefix, adopting a suffix as differentiation, for example:

• MinhaResource.Debug.resx
• MinhaResource.Release.resx

In your application’s configuration file (App.config or Web.config, depending on the nature of the application), you can define the parameterization of which environment is being used:

<configuration>
  ...
  <appSettings>
    <add key="Ambiente" value="Release" />
  </appSettings>
  ...
</configuration>

To load the Resource using this setting, you may need to create your own ResourceProvider. As the explanation is very extensive, it is not worth including it in the answer.