I have a module that, in addition to user controls that inherit from the DNN module base classes, makes use of a number of .ascx components that inherit directly from System.Web.UI.UserControl.

I am trying to get a custom validator control to pick up its ErrorMessage string from a resource file. I have tried using both DNN and ASP.NET style localization but with no success.

Can anyone tell me if in this scenario, should I be using ASP.NET or DNN localization, and what I do I need to do to get it to work?

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Paul Taylor

DotNetNuke, ASP.NET and SQL Server Development

Thanks Cathal. Interestingly, I discovered that if you add a property called LocalResourceFile to your user control (or ideally to a base class), which returns the path to its resource file, the framework localises its controls just as if it were a DNN control. I used the following code:


        Public ReadOnly Property LocalResourceFile As String
            Get
                Dim path As String = ResolveUrl(AppRelativeVirtualPath)
                Dim idx As Int32 = path.LastIndexOf("/")
                path = String.Format("{0}/App_LocalResources{1}", path.Substring(0, idx), path.Substring(idx).Replace(".ascx", String.Empty))
                Return path
            End Get
        End Property

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Paul Taylor

DotNetNuke, ASP.NET and SQL Server Development