c# Best place to store strings for use in web pages

Question

I am creating my first .net website.

A lot of pages have code enhanced strings in the pages, like this:

string.Format("{0} Reviews", _store.Name);

Whilst this on it's own isn't unwieldly some pages have many string that are long, and makes the code page cumbersome.

I know that you can use resource files to store strings but that doesn't take into account the programatical inserts into the string.

Has anyone got any techniques for handling this a little better?

UPDATE

Wow, thanks for the prompt any plentiful responses guys. I'll take a look through them all to see which suits best.

Answer 1

Use the Application Settings or create Resourcefiles for the different cultures and languages you want to provide.

• MSDN - ASP.NET Globalization and Localization
• Codeproject- An Easy Introduction to Localization in ASP.NET 2.0
• MSDN - Walkthrough: Using Resources for Localization with ASP.NET
• Codeproject - Globalization and localization demystified in ASP.NET 2.0
• Scott Hanselman - Globalization, Internationalization and Localization in ASP.NET MVC 3, JavaScript and jQuery - Part 1
• MSDN - Using Settings in C#

Answer 2

I would just store

"{0} Reviews"

in the resource file and give it a sensible name, eg ReviewsWithStoreNameParam

Answer 3

You can use resource files and add programmatical inserts.

Eg you can put "{0} Reviews" in a resource file.

Answer 4

I use resources dinamically:

string.Format(GetGlobalResourceObject("MyResources", "Label_Reviews").ToString(), _store.Name);

And in the MyResources.resx:

Label_Reviews --> "{0} Reviews"

Answer 5

Here's two methods :-

1).You could build long winded strings in a config file.

2).You could store pre-determined text strings in an XML file.

Hope this is of use.

Answer 6

I use config files for this kind of purposes. You can easily modify them even when the application is running.

<appSettings>
   <add key="1" value="TestString" />
</appSettings>

Answer 7

You can store the programatical inserts within your string in the resource file.

Simply store the string like this:

Name             | Value
-----------------+-------------------
reviews          | {0} Reviews

And call it like this (assuming your resource file is named the default Resource1.resx )

string.Format(Resource1.reviews, _store.Name);

Answer 8

In the aspx.cs file, (server side) create the string with public

public string reviews;

After you doing your logic, you set the value:

reviews = string.Format("{0} Reviews", _store.Name);

So, your var is public, you can use the string reviews in your aspx file

<%= reviews %>

Answer 9

Use Global.asax file

Declare static HashTable in Global.asax like this:

public static Hashtable LabelResource = null;

You can load this hash table either from Database or XML file or simple text file at either Application_OnStart or Session_Start

And you can use this variable across your application (in your aspx page) like:

Global.LabelResource["ReviewString1"].ToString()