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title: "How to: Use a ResourceDictionary to Manage Localizable String Resources"
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ms.date: "03/30/2017"
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dev_langs:
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- "csharp"
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- "vb"
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helpviewer_keywords:
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- "resources [WPF], packaging string resources"
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- "packaging string resources [WPF]"
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- "ResourceDictionary [WPF]"
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- "localization [WPF], packaging string resources"
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ms.assetid: 19e7d9a5-20df-4ad3-b157-fe6515902e5e
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---
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# How to: Use a ResourceDictionary to Manage Localizable String Resources
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This example shows how to use a <xref:System.Windows.ResourceDictionary> to package localizable string resources for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications.
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### To use a ResourceDictionary to manage localizable string resources
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1. Create a <xref:System.Windows.ResourceDictionary> that contains the strings you would like to localize. The following code shows an example.
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[!code-xaml[StringLocalizationSample#StringResourceDictionary](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/StringLocalizationSample/CSharp/StringResources.xaml#stringresourcedictionary)]
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This code defines a string resource, `localizedMessage`, of type <xref:System.String>, from the <xref:System> namespace in mscorlib.dll.
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2. Add the <xref:System.Windows.ResourceDictionary> to your application, using the following code.
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[!code-xaml[StringLocalizationSample#ReferencingStringResourceDictionary](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/StringLocalizationSample/CSharp/App.xaml#referencingstringresourcedictionary)]
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3. Use the string resource from markup, using Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) like the following.
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[!code-xaml[StringLocalizationSample#GetLocalizedResourceFromMarkup](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/StringLocalizationSample/CSharp/MainWindow.xaml#getlocalizedresourcefrommarkup)]
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4. Use the string resource from code-behind, using code like the following.
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[!code-csharp[StringLocalizationSample#GetLocalizedResourceFromCode](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/StringLocalizationSample/CSharp/MainWindow.xaml.cs#getlocalizedresourcefromcode)]
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[!code-vb[StringLocalizationSample#GetLocalizedResourceFromCode](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/StringLocalizationSample/VisualBasic/MainWindow.xaml.vb#getlocalizedresourcefromcode)]
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5. Localize the application. For more information, see [Localize an Application](how-to-localize-an-application.md).
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