Anchor resource errors in ProgressDialog.resx Resource Explorer

[John-Qiao]

.NET version

Latest winforms repo main branch.

Did it work in .NET Framework?

Not tested/verified

Did it work in any of the earlier releases of .NET Core or .NET 5+?

No response

Issue description

Cannot load resource value for ButtonCloseDialog.Anchor, Labellnfo.Anchor and ProgressBarWork.Anchor in ProgressDialog.resx's Resource Explorer manager.

Steps to reproduce

1. Clone https://github.com/dotnet/winforms main branch and launch it in VS
2. Double click on ProgressDialog.resx to open its Resource Explorer
3. Check the values for ButtonCloseDialog.Anchor, Labellnfo.Anchor and ProgressBarWork.Anchor

More info:

1. It's a feedback ticket from https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Issues-with-new-Resource-Manager/10819644.
2. There are no such anchor values in old resource explorer.
   

[Zheng-Li01]

The issue also can reproduce with the Language, Dock, RightToLeft etc. properties as below screenshot.

Form1.resx file info:
Form1.txt

[LeafShi1]

In the Resource Explorer Preview page, all resource items are displayed

We can fix this by adding the version and PublicKeyToken to the type properties.

<data name="ButtonCloseDialog.Anchor" type="System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles, System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089">
    <value>Top, Right</value>
</data>

@merriemcgaw @Tanya-Solyanik But this is just a preview feature. Do we need to make changes in our code?

[paul1956]

@merriemcgaw @Tanya-Solyanik @LeafShi1 I opened all the .Resx files and there are several similar issues

and resource names without values as shown below, the first one might be an empty string and be OK but then why does it exist as a resource.

[merriemcgaw]

This is helpful, thanks @paul1956 - we'll pick it up in the new year for sure!

[LeafShi1]

For the resources without values, we can add attribute xml:space="preserve" to resolve this issue

<data name="listViewCannedMasks.Columns2" xml:space="preserve">
    </value />
</data>

The resource byteViewer is using in BinaryEditor.BinaryUI, store its properties in the resource file. When we need to modify these properties, we only need to update the resource file without modifying the code itself.

[paul1956]

@LeafShi1 when you say "we", is there (or should there be) someone assigned to make these changes?