RESW

Extension: .resw
Import: yes
Export: yes

RESW/RESX files are localization files used by C#/.NET software. These two types of files have different resx and resw extensions, but the content and storage format are the same. The only difference is the use of these types of files in the program development process.

A RESW/RESX file is an XML file that contains the strings that you want to translate into different languages or paths to images. The resource file contains key/value pairs. Each pair is an individual resource. Key names are not case sensitive. For example, a resource file might contain a resource with the key Button1 and the value Submit.

A resx/resw files contains a standard set of header information, which describes the format of the resource entries and specifies the versioning information for the XML used to parse the data.

Following the header information, each entry is described as a name/value pair, very similar to the way in which strings are specified in a .txt file. A name/value pair in the resx/resw format is wrapped in XML code, which describes string or object values. When a string is added to a .resx file, the name of the string is embedded in a <data> tag, and the value is enclosed in a <value> tag,

Documentation

ASP.NET Web Page Resources Overview
Resources in .Resx File Format

Example

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root>
  <!--
    Microsoft ResX Schema

    Version 2.0

    The primary goals of this format is to allow a simple XML format
    that is mostly human readable. The generation and parsing of the
    various data types are done through the TypeConverter classes
    associated with the data types.

    Example:

    ... ado.net/XML headers & schema ...
    <resheader name="resmimetype">text/microsoft-resx</resheader>
    <resheader name="version">2.0</resheader>
    <resheader name="reader">System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
    <resheader name="writer">System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
    <data name="Name1"><value>this is my long string</value><comment>this is a comment</comment></data>
    <data name="Color1" type="System.Drawing.Color, System.Drawing">Blue</data>
    <data name="Bitmap1" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64">
        <value>[base64 mime encoded serialized .NET Framework object]</value>
    </data>
    <data name="Icon1" type="System.Drawing.Icon, System.Drawing" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64">
        <value>[base64 mime encoded string representing a byte array form of the .NET Framework object]</value>
        <comment>This is a comment</comment>
    </data>

    There are any number of "resheader" rows that contain simple
    name/value pairs.

    Each data row contains a name, and value. The row also contains a
    type or mimetype. Type corresponds to a .NET class that support
    text/value conversion through the TypeConverter architecture.
    Classes that don't support this are serialized and stored with the
    mimetype set.

    The mimetype is used for serialized objects, and tells the
    ResXResourceReader how to depersist the object. This is currently not
    extensible. For a given mimetype the value must be set accordingly:

    Note - application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64 is the format
    that the ResXResourceWriter will generate, however the reader can
    read any of the formats listed below.

    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64
    value   : The object must be serialized with
            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.

    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.soap.base64
    value   : The object must be serialized with
            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.SoapFormatter
            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.

    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64
    value   : The object must be serialized into a byte array
            : using a System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
    -->
  <xsd:schema id="root" xmlns="" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
    <xsd:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"/>
    <xsd:element name="root" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
      <xsd:complexType>
        <xsd:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
          <xsd:element name="metadata">
            <xsd:complexType>
              <xsd:sequence>
                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
              </xsd:sequence>
              <xsd:attribute name="name" use="required" type="xsd:string"/>
              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string"/>
              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string"/>
              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space"/>
            </xsd:complexType>
          </xsd:element>
          <xsd:element name="assembly">
            <xsd:complexType>
              <xsd:attribute name="alias" type="xsd:string"/>
              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string"/>
            </xsd:complexType>
          </xsd:element>
          <xsd:element name="data">
            <xsd:complexType>
              <xsd:sequence>
                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1"/>
                <xsd:element name="comment" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="2"/>
              </xsd:sequence>
              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" msdata:Ordinal="1"/>
              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="3"/>
              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="4"/>
              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space"/>
            </xsd:complexType>
          </xsd:element>
          <xsd:element name="resheader">
            <xsd:complexType>
              <xsd:sequence>
                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1"/>
              </xsd:sequence>
              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
            </xsd:complexType>
          </xsd:element>
        </xsd:choice>
      </xsd:complexType>
    </xsd:element>
  </xsd:schema>
  <resheader name="resmimetype">
    <value>text/microsoft-resx</value>
  </resheader>
  <resheader name="version">
    <value>2.0</value>
  </resheader>
  <resheader name="reader">
    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
  </resheader>
  <resheader name="writer">
    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
  </resheader>
  <data name="addTerm" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Ajouter une traduction</value>
  </data>
  <data name="cancel" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Annuler</value>
  </data>
  <data name="confirm" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Confirmer</value>
  </data>
  <data name="contactForm.description" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Écrivez-nous une lettre à l'adresse</value>
  </data>
  <data name="contactForm.title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Contactez-nous</value>
  </data>
  <data name="enterProjectName" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Entrez le nom du projet</value>
  </data>
  <data name="helloWorld" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Bonjour le monde</value>
  </data>
  <data name="hi" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Bonjour</value>
  </data>
  <data name="selectLanguage" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Choisir la langue</value>
  </data>
  <data name="settings" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Paramètres</value>
  </data>
</root>