I am working on a Windows Forms application in C#/.Net. I want to use a resource file that contains translations of my strings. My my project in visual studio I have the following hierarchy:

• Project
• CS files ...
• Resources\
• resource.en-US.resx

I am trying to read in the resource file as follows:

m_ResourceReader = new ResXResourceReader("resources/resource.en-US.resx");

When I run this project, Visual Studio seems to look for the resources folder in the bin/Debug output folder of my project.

My questions are:

• What is the right way to reference a resource file?
• I would like my installer to place this resource file under my application's folder under Program Files\MyApp\resources\resource.en-US.resx. What would be the way to make ResXResourceReader read it from that location.

Thanks for your help.

-Raj