Global const

[carlossan]

Hi,

I just discovered that C# won't let me declare a constant at the namespace level. My app has a group of classes that need to share string constants.

Any suggestion about how can I do that ?

Thanks.

Regards,

Carlos

 

[chiph]

Create a class that has all public const string members.

public class SharedStrings
{
   public const string Triangle = "A triangle has three sides";
   public const string Octagon = "An octagon has eight sides";

   // and so on
}

But honestly, this is the sort of thing that embedded resources were made for. Plus, they can be localized to different cultures pretty easily. Doing it this way means you can only support one culture, and adding a new culture means you have to make serious code changes, versus just creating a new resource assembly for that culture and dropping it in the correct directory.

Chip H.

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[misterstick]

create embedded resourses?

how would you do that, then, chip?

mr s. <

 

[misterstick]

create embedded resources?

how would you do that, then, chip?

mr s. <

 

[chiph]

Generally, you would add a resource to your assembly (File | Add New...), then write code to use the ResourceManager class to retrieve your strings, icons, etc.

See:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...fSystemResourcesResourceManagerClassTopic.asp

The advantage of this is when you need to localize your application for another market, all you (hopefully!) have to change are the resources.

Chip H.


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