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Jason94
Jason94

Reputation: 13608

Where can I put static strings?

Im creating an Windows Phone app and I find myself writing the same MessageBox.Show("Same error message") multiple times. For instance

"Could not connect to server"

This happens when the user do not have internet access.

Is there somewhere I can put it so that I write the text once and fetch the same text all over the place?

I could write a static class, but maybe there is a file for this?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 136

Answers (3)

Sergey Kalinichenko
Sergey Kalinichenko

Reputation: 726849

Is there somewhere I can put it so that I write the text once and fetch the same text all over the place?

Yes, there is a special kind of file specifically for this, called strings.resx. It lets you write

MessageBox.Show(strings.ServerNotFound);

instead of

MessageBox.Show("Server not found");

The added benefit (in fact, the intended purpose) of using strings.resx is that your application becomes easily localizable (see answer to this question): adding proper translations and setting the current locale is all it would take to change all strings that your application displays to users with their proper local translations.

Upvotes: 3

nkchandra
nkchandra

Reputation: 5557

You can create a static variable in the App.xaml.cs page in the App class, so that you can access it all over the application.

Upvotes: 1

bas
bas

Reputation: 14972

If you want it to be multi-lingual in the end I'd go for the Resource.resx file.

If not, you can go for all kinds of solutions:

  • keep the string there where they make most sense, in the class where you use them
  • store them all together in a dedicated class

Like: 

class MyClass 
{
    private static string MyString = "blah";
    // other meaningful stuff
}

Or: 

public class MyStaticStrings
{
    public static string MyString = "blah1";
    public static string AnotherString = "blah2";
}

Upvotes: 2

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