Generated Access to .NET Resource Strings

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Resources;
using System.IO;

namespace TestApp
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for Form1.
	/// </summary>
	public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form
	{
		private System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox groupBox1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Label label3;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Label label2;
		private System.Windows.Forms.ListBox listBox1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Label label4;
		/// <summary>
		/// Required designer variable.
		/// </summary>
		private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;

		public Form1()
		{
			//
			// Required for Windows Form Designer support
			//
			InitializeComponent();
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Clean up any resources being used.
		/// </summary>
		protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
		{
			if( disposing )
			{
				if (components != null) 
				{
					components.Dispose();
				}
			}
			base.Dispose( disposing );
		}

		#region Windows Form Designer generated code
		/// <summary>
		/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
		/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
		/// </summary>
		private void InitializeComponent()
		{
			this.groupBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
			this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
			this.label3 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
			this.label2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
			this.listBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ListBox();
			this.label4 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
			this.groupBox1.SuspendLayout();
			this.SuspendLayout();
			// 
			// groupBox1
			// 
			this.groupBox1.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
																					this.label1,
																					this.label3,
																					this.label2,
																					this.listBox1});
			this.groupBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 56);
			this.groupBox1.Name = "groupBox1";
			this.groupBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(384, 184);
			this.groupBox1.TabIndex = 2;
			this.groupBox1.TabStop = false;
			// 
			// label1
			// 
			this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 16);
			this.label1.Name = "label1";
			this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(184, 16);
			this.label1.TabIndex = 7;
			this.label1.Text = "Generated resource access classes";
			// 
			// label3
			// 
			this.label3.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(222, 72);
			this.label3.Name = "label3";
			this.label3.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(144, 88);
			this.label3.TabIndex = 6;
			// 
			// label2
			// 
			this.label2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(212, 48);
			this.label2.Name = "label2";
			this.label2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(160, 16);
			this.label2.TabIndex = 5;
			this.label2.Text = "Resource string value:";
			// 
			// listBox1
			// 
			this.listBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 40);
			this.listBox1.Name = "listBox1";
			this.listBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(176, 134);
			this.listBox1.Sorted = true;
			this.listBox1.TabIndex = 4;
			this.listBox1.SelectedIndexChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.listBox1_SelectedIndexChanged);
			// 
			// label4
			// 
			this.label4.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 6);
			this.label4.Name = "label4";
			this.label4.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(384, 40);
			this.label4.TabIndex = 3;
			this.label4.Text = "The listbox contains the classes generated for each of the string resources in Ba" +
				"seResources.resx.  Click on an item to see its corresponding value displayed on " +
				"the right.";
			// 
			// Form1
			// 
			this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
			this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(398, 245);
			this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
																		  this.label4,
																		  this.groupBox1});
			this.Name = "Form1";
			this.Text = "GenResourceKeys Sample Application";
			this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Form1_Load);
			this.groupBox1.ResumeLayout(false);
			this.ResumeLayout(false);

		}
		#endregion

		/// <summary>
		/// The main entry point for the application.
		/// </summary>
		[STAThread]
		static void Main() 
		{
			Application.Run(new Form1());
		}

		private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			// We want to fill the listbox with all the string access classes
			Stream stream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream( "TestApp.BaseResources.resources" );
			ResourceReader reader = new ResourceReader( stream );
			IDictionaryEnumerator dict = reader.GetEnumerator();

  			// Iterate through the resource identifiers for the BaseResources file
			while( dict.MoveNext() )
			{
				string key = dict.Key.ToString();

				// Get the assembly name
				string assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Name;
			
				// Create the qualified type name to access
				string typeName = string.Format( "{0}.{1}", assembly, key );
				
				// Load the string resource access class
				Type type = Type.GetType( typeName );

				// Only add the resource name to the list if there
				// is a corresponding access class defined.
				if( type != null )
					listBox1.Items.Add( key );
			}
		}

		private void listBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			// Cast the sender to a ListBox control		
			ListBox list = sender as ListBox;
			
			// Get the selected string
			string key = (string)list.SelectedItem;

			// Get the assembly name
			string assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Name;
			
			// Create the qualified type name to access
			string typeName = string.Format( "{0}.{1}", assembly, key );
				
			// Load the string resource access class
			Type type = Type.GetType( typeName );
				
			// Get information about the arguments (if any)
			ParameterInfo[] paramInfo = type.GetMethod( "GetString").GetParameters();

			// Create an array of arguments
			Object[] args = new Object[paramInfo.Length];

			// Supply the argument names as arguments when we call GetString
			for( int i = 0; i < paramInfo.Length; i++ )
			{
				args[i] = paramInfo[i].Name;
			}

			// We know the GetString method is both public and static
			BindingFlags bf = BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.InvokeMethod;

			// Call the GetString method
			string result = (string)type.InvokeMember( "GetString", bf, null, null, args );
			
			// Display the result
			label3.Text = result;
		}
	}
}