Localize .NET assembly without source code

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I need to localize a .NET assembly (winforms exe), but I don't have its source code. Is there any good tool that allows this?

Thanks.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/578883/a-net-disassembler-decompiler — dutt, May 01 '10 at 12:03

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 01 '10 at 12:02

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For analyzing it and finding out the way of accessing resources you might want to use Reflector. Depending on what you find out, you'll probably want to create resource files / satellite assemblies or localize it in a respective way.

answered May 01 '10 at 12:02

Tomas Vana

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+1 for recommending Reflector – Venemo May 01 '10 at 19:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 01 '10 at 12:14

Found this: http://www.lingobit.com/solutions/dotnet/dotnet_localization.html

Lingobit Localizer uses binary localization to translate .NET application from one language to another. Lingobit extracts all localizable resources such as strings, menus and forms directly from assembly file (*.exe, *.dll).

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 02 '10 at 12:38

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My tool of choice was Passolo (not free) but it will only help you if your winform application is localizable (i.e. strings, layout... are stored in a resx file).

answered May 02 '10 at 12:38

Stefan Egli

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