Localization of DisplayNameAttribute
- by PowerKiKi
Hi,
I am looking for a way to localize properties names displayed in a PropertyGrid. The property's name may be "overriden" using the DisplayNameAttribute attribute. Unfortunately attributes can not have non constant expressions. So I can not use strongly typed resources such as:
class Foo
{
[DisplayAttribute(Resources.MyPropertyNameLocalized)] // do not compile
string MyProperty {get; set;}
}
I had a look around and found some suggestion to inherit from DisplayNameAttribute to be able to use resource. I would end up up with code like:
class Foo
{
[MyLocalizedDisplayAttribute("MyPropertyNameLocalized")] // not strongly typed
string MyProperty {get; set;}
}
However I lose strongly typed resource benefits which is definitely not a good thing. Then I came across DisplayNameResourceAttribute which may be what I'm looking for. But it's supposed to be in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Design namespace and I can't find what reference I am supposed to add for this namespace.
Anybody know if there's a easier way to achieve DisplayName localization in a good way ? or if there is as way to use what Microsoft seems to be using for Visual Studio ?
