String literals embedded in the source code will not be localized properly.
This rule raises an issue when a literal string is passed as a parameter or property and one or more of the following cases is true:
- The
LocalizableAttribute attribute of the parameter or property is set to true.
- The parameter or property name contains "Text", "Message", or "Caption".
- The name of the string parameter that is passed to a
Console.Write or Console.WriteLine method is either "value" or
"format".
Noncompliant code example
using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Windows.Forms;
[assembly: NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute("en-US")]
namespace MyLibrary
{
public class Foo
{
public void SetHour(int hour)
{
if (hour < 0 || hour > 23)
{
MessageBox.Show("The valid range is 0 - 23."); // Noncompliant
}
}
}
}
Compliant solution
using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Resources;
using System.Windows.Forms;
[assembly: NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute("en-US")]
namespace MyLibrary
{
public class Foo
{
ResourceManager rm;
public Foo()
{
rm = new ResourceManager("en-US", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());
}
public void SetHour(int hour)
{
if (hour < 0 || hour > 23)
{
MessageBox.Show(
rm.GetString("OutOfRangeMessage", CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture));
}
}
}
}
