System.Resources Namespace

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The System.Resources namespace provides classes and interfaces that enable you to create, store, and manage culture-specific resources for your Silverlight-based application. One of the most important classes of the System.Resources namespace is the ResourceManager class.

Classes

	Class	Description
	MissingManifestResourceException	The exception thrown if the main assembly does not contain the resources for the neutral culture, and they are required because of a missing appropriate satellite assembly.
	NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute	Informs the ResourceManager of the neutral culture of an assembly. This class cannot be inherited.
	ResourceManager	Provides convenient access to culture-specific resources at run time.
	ResourceSet	Stores all the resources localized for one particular culture, ignoring all other cultures, including any fallback rules.
	SatelliteContractVersionAttribute	Instructs the ResourceManager to ask for a particular version of a satellite assembly to simplify updates of the main assembly of an application.

Interfaces

	Interface	Description
	IResourceReader	Provides the base functionality to read data from resource files.

Enumerations

	Enumeration	Description
	UltimateResourceFallbackLocation	Specifies the assembly that the ResourceManager class will use when it retrieves neutral resources by using the fallback process.