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CHAPTER 9
InteractIng wIth cOM Objects
ResGen outputs a 
.RESOURCES
file you can use within your application. Of course, like every 
Microsoft utility, ResGen offers a little more than simple conversion. Here’s the command line syn-
tax for ResGen:
ResGen inputFile.ext [outputFile.ext] [/str:lang[,namespace[,class[,file]]]]
ResGen [options] /compile inputFile1.ext[,outputFile1.resources] [...]
Here are the options you can use.
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/compile
: Performs a bulk conversion of files from one format to another format. Typically, 
you use this feature with a response file where you provide a list of files to convert.
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/str:
language
[, 
namespace
[, 
classname
[, 
filename
]]]
: Defines a strongly typed 
resource class using the specified programming language that relies on Code Document Object 
Model (CodeDOM) (see 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/y2k85ax6.aspx
for details). 
To ensure that the strongly typed resource class works properly, the name of your output file, 
without the 
.RESOURCES
extension, must match the 
[namespace.]classname
of your strongly 
typed resource class. You may need to rename your output file before using it or embedding it 
into an assembly.
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/useSourcePath
: Specifies that ResGen uses each source file’s directory as the current directory 
for resolving relative file paths.
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/publicClass
: Creates the strongly typed resource class as a public class. You must use this 
command line switch with the 
/str
command line switch.
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/r:
assembly
: Tells ResGen to load types from the assemblies that you specify. A 
.RESX
file 
automatically uses newer assembly types when you specify this command line switch. You 
can’t form the 
.RESX
file to rely on older assembly types.
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