How to access language resource file values in code behind

Question

I can access language resource file values in mark up fine using below code:

<%=Resources.MainResource.MyKey%>

But I cannot do the same in code behind. Shouldn't it just be as follows:

Dim MyValue = Resources.MainResource.MyKey

Answer 1

I have done the following:

• Added an App_GlobalResources Folder to my project
• Added to this folder a Resource file with the Name "Resource1"
• Then I created a Key with the name "String1" and the value = "hi" in this resource file
• In codebehind I did the following to take this key's value and initialize some variable with this value

c#

string s = (string)GetGlobalResourceObject("Resource1", "String1");
lit.Text = s;

And it works. It showed me "hi" for the label on my ASP.NET page.