NAME
resgen, resgen2 - Mono/CLI Resource Generator
SYNOPSIS
resgen source.ext [dest.ext]
resgen /compile source.ext[,dest.resources] [...]
resgen2
DESCRIPTION
Convert a resource file from one format to another.
The currently supported formats are text, resources, resx and po.
.txt, .text
Used to process text files, the format of the text file is of
the form:
key=value
The value argument can contain special characters as long as
they are escaped. The escape sequences currently supported are
\n, \r, \t, \\ (to get the escape sequence itself) and with
resgen2 unicode escape sequences are supported with the \uXXXX
escape sequence, where XXXX is a four digit number.
Lines that start with the # or ; character are considered
comments and ignored.
'.resources'
This is the binary file format implemented by the
System.Resources.ResourceReader class, part of mscorlib.dll
'.resx'
This is the binary file format implemented by the
System.Resources.ResXResourceReader class. This class is not
part of mscorlib.dll, this class is part of
System.Windows.Forms.
'.po'.
PO files are the source files used by the Unix gettext
infrastructure that is typically used to internationalize
applications.
Lines starting with the '#' character are comment lines.
The file contains many instance of strings like this:
msgid KEY
msgstr VALUE
The KEY is typically the string to translate and the VALUE is
the translation. On PO files instead of using codes as the KEY
(as it is customary with resource files) the KEY is typically a
complete english message that applications embed in their source
code and will be used as a fallback if no translation resources
are used.
Since resources are key value pairs, the extended features in PO
files are not supported (plurals and support for N-cases).
To learn more about the po file format, use your info browser
and point it to the "(gettext)PO Files" node.
If the destination file is not specified, source.resources will be
used.
The /compile option takes a list of .resX or .txt files to convert to
the output file name.
OPTIONS
-compile
This switch instructs resgen to compile multiple files. It must
appear before any resources are specified on the command line.
-usesourcepath
This option is only available for resgen2, and it instructs
resgen to resolve relative paths using the directory of the resx
file as current directory.
FILES
This program will load referenced assemblies from the Mono assembly
cache.
MAILING LISTS
Visit http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list for
details.
WEB SITE
Visit: http://www.mono-project.com for details
SEE ALSO
mcs(1),mono(1),mono-config(5).
resgen(resgen 1.0)