Update documentation about resources

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Sergei Vorobev
2016-07-14 13:46:29 -07:00
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@@ -10,7 +10,13 @@ We are using our own `Start-ResGen` to generate them.
Usually it's called as part of the regular build with
```
Start-PSBuild -ResGen
PS C:\> Start-PSBuild -ResGen
```
If you see compilation errors related to resources, try to call `Start-ResGen` explicitly.
```
PS C:\> Start-ResGen
```
## Editing resx files
@@ -20,3 +26,16 @@ It will try to create `.cs` files for you and you will get whole bunch of hard-t
To edit resource file, use any **plain text editor**.
Resource file is a simple xml, and it's easy to edit.
## Convert txt resource files into resx
`dotnet cli` doesn't support embeeding old-fashioned txt resource.
You can do a one-time convertion of `.txt` resources into `.resx` files with a helper function
```
# example, converting all .txt resources under src\Microsoft.WSMan.Management\resources
PS C:\> Convert-TxtResourceToXml -Path src\Microsoft.WSMan.Management\resources
```
`.resx` files would be placed next to `.txt` files.