Linking files across multiple projects = ERRORS

[andy1]

Hello,

 

I have two projects in a solution that link to common files. One of the projects runs fine, but the other one gives an error when it tries to load a resource:

 

An unhandled exception of type 'System.Resources.MissingManifestResourceException' occurred in mscorlib.dll

 

Additional information: Could not find any resources appropriate for the specified culture (or the neutral culture) in the given assembly. Make sure "Form1.resources" was correctly embedded or linked into assembly "link2".

baseName: Form1 locationInfo: link2.Form1 resource file name: Form1.resources assembly: link2, Version=1.0.1722.33346, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null

at the line:

 

Me.BackgroundImage = CType(resources.GetObject("$this.BackgroundImage"), System.Drawing.Image)

 

What it seems to be doing is creating a .resources file under the first project's namespace for both the first project and the second project.

 

Can anyone help me with this problem?

[jedbartlet]

A slightly simplistic solution maybe but why don't you just create a second copy of the resource files you are trying to access with both applicatios and run an update everytime they gey altered?

[PlausiblyDamp]

Could you not compile the shared files into a DLL and then reference that DLL from both projects?

[andy1]

Thank you for your replies.

 

@jedbartlet: I've already tried that and it doesn't work because every time I run my program VS creates the resource files and packs them into the exe that it compiles.

 

@PlausiblyDamp: That might be difficult for what I am doing. First I want to see if I can just link the files.