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How to get texts from Resx to be used in Javascript?

Asked 2011-06-24T09:21:33.957
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We are building large ASP.NET applications for the intranet use in multiple languages/cultures. We utilize the Globalization with RESX files and use GetResourceText on the server side to get the localized texts.

Lately we are doing more and more client side logic with JQuery.

How do I get the RESX texts to be used in Javascript?

  • e.g. texts used for validation, dynamic messages etc.

All our Javascripts are in .JS files, we do not want to mix HTML in the ASPX page and Javascript blocks.

Thanks for your help.

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Always separate functionality from human readable strings.

If you're creating jQuery-plugins you should be able to pass an array of localized strings as parameter when you call your different jQuery functions. The array could be defined as inline javascript directly on the page calling the different jQuery plugins or you could load the from external resource in the format /scripts/localization/strings.js?ci=en-US and register a Generic ASP.Net Handler in web.config that would respond to scripts/localization/strings.js

The DatePicker control is a fine example of how to localize text for the jQuery datepick control - this js file is dynamically created from resource files (resx) and when included on a page it will make sure the calendar control will have danish text.

answered 2012-01-15T23:11:07.437

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