.NET GetProperty on .Resx Property

Based on http://www.thinkingguy.net/2010/01/localizing-labelfor-in-aspnet-mvc-2.html

I'm trying to use reflection to get to a string property in a resx file

   var propertyInfo = _resourceType.GetProperty(resourcePropertyName, BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.GetField | BindingFlags.NonPublic);

I have a resources folder in my MVC2 project w开发者_开发百科ith a resource file that autogenerated a Property

 public static string Dagrapport_Datum {
            get {
                return ResourceManager.GetString("Dagrapport_Datum", resourceCulture);
            }
        }

Whatever I pass to GetProperty It just stays null.... Any clues as to why this could be?

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Your BindingFlags doesn't match with the signature of the property.

You need BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public and maybe BindingFlags.GetProperty.

Edit: Its better to set BindingFlags.NonPublic too.

So GetProperty() searches for all Static, Public or NonPublic (internal, private, protected) properties.

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This should work if you have your Acces Modifier set to "Internal"

var resource = typeof(TestResource).GetProperties(BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
var property = resource.First(x => x.Name == "SomeProperty");

If you set the Acces Modifier to "Public" you can change NonPublic to Public instead.

This also works:

var someProperty = typeof (TestResource).GetProperty("SomeProperty", BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.NonPublic);

In this example I've got a Resource called TestResource with a property SomeProperty.