[CONNECT Update 16] GetStringFromMstnResource

Question

I notice that the .NET Session class has member GetStringFromMstnResource . It looks like that function gets a string from a message list stored in a .rsc file, which is what we've done for MDL and C++ apps for donkey's years. 
 In a .NET AddIn , how is that .rsc file connected to the code? With the MicroStationAPI, we build an app that merges resources (messages, dialogs etc) into the app.ma file. But a .NET AddIn doesn't have a permanent .ma file. How does a .rsc file work with a .NET AddIn build?

Robert Hook · Answer

Hi Jon Summers , 
 Its primarily there for interoperability between .NET managed and native code MDL applications. 
 Where you would want to call GetStringFromMstnResource from a managed code .NET application for the ability to obtain a .NET String instance populated from an existing (localized) native code MDL message/string resource (primarily .rsc files, or .ma, etc.) w/o need to duplicate those resource strings multiple times using different conventions for each target language and every native and managed code application instance created. 
 The first parameter is the MessageList/StringList ID and the second parameter is the Resource ID (index) of the message string you wish to access; similar to this example: 
 String levelOutput = Session.GetStringFromMstnResource (MstnMessageListNumber.Messages2, 911);
...
sOutput = String.Format ("({0}) {1}", styleNo.ToString(), levelOutput); 
 HTH, Bob