switch between two properties

[daniel94ever]

Have anyone an idea how can switch between two properties (Resources.resx, Settings.settings...)

[wildfrog]

Maybe you could explain in more detail what you need to achieve?

- petter

[daniel94ever]

I want to build two programs with the same code but different designs.

[Allan Olesen]

I want to build two programs with the same code but different designs.

So you do not want to share any UI stuff but only the program code?

Have you considered making two separate projects which share a .cs file containing the program code?

Instead of importing a .cs file into a project, you can link to the file. If you have a file in Project1 and want to use it in Project2:
Open Project2.
In Solution Explorer, right click on Project2.
Select "Add" in the menu.
Select "Existing Item..." in the menu.
In the File Open dialog, find and select the file you want to link to.
On the "Add" button there is a little arrow. Click it, and select "Add As Link".

I use this myself to share code between projects. The upside is that you only need to change the code in one place. The downside is that you may break functionality in one of the other projects every time you change the code in one project.

[daniel94ever]

Thanks Allan.

But I´m looking for a way to use differnet Resource.resx and Settings.settings.

[jhammer]

Allan, in your way you compile the same code twice - once for each project.

You might want to consider creating a third assembly - a Class Library - and put all the common code there. The advantage is that you have a closed assembly that can be referenced by any other assembly. The downside is that you have another dll to deploy.

daniel94ever, I don't see the problem with Resources and Settings. You might want to explain it better.

[Allan Olesen]

You might want to consider creating a third assembly - a Class Library - and put all the common code there.

I actually first used that approach and then left it for the approach I described.

It would probably be a maintenance nightmare when done on a large scale but for my own small cross-platform project (SmartPhone+PC) where DLLs cannot be shared between platforms, it is much easier to share the source code itself.

Thanks Allan.

But I´m looking for a way to use differnet Resource.resx and Settings.settings.

Two projects = Two Resources.resx.