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I've generated binary resource (.resources) file with resgen.exe from txt files. Do you know if there is any visual editor for already generated resource file. My case is that software was delivered to the client and he wants to update values in the file.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/resources/creating-resource-files-for-desktop-apps#resources-in-resources-files

Karen
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  • They are plain xml files, you can use any xml editor – Pavel Anikhouski Jan 06 '20 at 09:17
  • Of course there are visual editors in visual studios, and there are also free versions of it. But you probably ask of something smaller, not 2 GB to install ? – Holger Jan 06 '20 at 09:17
  • @PavelAnikhouski these are binary files and not XML. The generated file has .resource extension, I've tried to open with vscode and it is not displaying content. – Karen Jan 06 '20 at 09:40

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Finally I found the tool which allows to edit .resource files, that is Resource.Net. You can find the app by following to the link https://fishcodelib.com/Resource.htm

Karen
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  • Another cool VS extension is [ResX Resource Manager](https://github.com/dotnet/ResXResourceManager) – Karen May 08 '22 at 15:38
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Are you delivering .resx files as plain text with the software? .resx files are compiled to assemblies usually and are not available for direct editing with any tool actually.

Your client have to disassemble assembly, make changes to .resx file and compile it back to assembly again.

You can send plain .resx file to your client, ask them to edit those files (with notepad.exe or any other text editor) and merge client changes back to your sources. Then create a patch and deliver to the client as new version

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  • What I've sent to client is .resource files. please see link below https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/resources/creating-resource-files-for-desktop-apps#resources-in-resources-files – Karen Jan 06 '20 at 09:41
  • please check the link you have provided, there is written `After you create the .resources file, you can embed it in a run-time executable or library by including the language compiler's /resource switch, or embed it in a satellite assembly by using Assembly Linker (Al.exe).` There is `[Serializable]` attribute in the sample so `.resource` files contains binary serialized values I believe. Class definition (assembly) is required to deserialize the `Automobile` from the binary format. Seems that only you can deserialize `.resource` files since only you know what was serialized – oleksa Jan 06 '20 at 09:56