Create a new text file that has the extension .txt.

In the text file, create key/value pairs using the format key=value. Keys are not case sensitive.

The following code example shows two key/value pairs:

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Button1Text=Submit Label1Text=Welcome!

Save the file.

In Microsoft Windows, open a Command Prompt window, and then go to the folder that contains the command-line utilities for the .NET Framework version 2.0. The path is as follows:

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%windows%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\version\sdk\bin

For version, substitute the name of the folder for the .NET Framework version that you are currently using.

Run the Resgen utility, using the following syntax:

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resgen textfile.txt resourcefile.resx

For example, if in step 1 you created a file named SiteResources.txt, the command might look similar to the following:

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resgen c:\WebSite\SiteResources.txt c:\WebSite\SiteResources.resx

You can include a full path, when specifying the names of the text and resource files.

When the command runs, it creates a .resx file that includes the correct XML definitions and elements.

Copy the resource file to the appropriate location in the Web site:

• To use the resource file as a global resource, copy it to App_GlobalResources.

• To use the resource file as a local resource, copy it to App_LocalResources.

Create additional resource files for each language or language and culture (CultureInfo name) that you want to support in your application. You can do either of the following:

• Copy the first resource file to a new name that includes the language or language and culture information, and then translate the contents of the value elements to another language.

• Repeat Steps 1 through 5 with the same key/value pairs, but with the values translated to another language. For the file name in step 5, include the language or language and culture names.

For example, the Spanish version of the SiteResources.resx file would be SiteResources.es.resx.