Why are resx files needed?

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Why does Visual Studio uses resx files to save Windows Forms information?
Why doesn't Visual Studio save everything inside the "Component Designer
generated code" region? I thought that was the whole idea about this region.
 
My guess is that it's much easier to search for data in resx files than in
the auto-generated code blocks (there are simple access methods for
searching your assembly's resx files). I imagine this persists the idea of
extensibility, ease of metadata consumption, et al. that makes the runtime
so vibrant. As far as any technical reasons beyond the model of
extensibility I mentioned earlier, I know of none.
 
Rene said:
Why does Visual Studio uses resx files to save Windows Forms information?
Why doesn't Visual Studio save everything inside the "Component Designer
generated code" region? I thought that was the whole idea about this region.
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In resx files there are e.g. icons, bitmaps, imagelists that you use.
(Generally, all binary 'things', which cannot be in code)

£ukasz
 
I guess that technically things like images could be persisted in the code
but if you look at the XML in a resx file you'll see that even a small image
can reuire a lot of code to define. Your source code would be huge and
confusing with thousands of lines of gibberish.

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