I saw several threads on community forums that state “Xrm.Utility.getResourceString” functionality doesn’t work in Html webresources. I decided to spend some time digging to find out why it doesn’t work and how to make it work.
During investigation I found out that Html window missed several objects that were available on regular entity form. Unfortunately I was not able to find easy way to create those object so I composed solution that composes and initiates all the required objects on the form. Here is what should be done to make “Xrm.Utility.getResourceString” work again:
- download and import to your system following managed solution – https://github.com/a33ik/HtmlLocalization/releases/tag/2.0.0.0
- add a reference to “HtmlLocalization.js” to your Html webresource. Be attentive with relative paths when you reference this file!
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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <title></title> <script type="text/javascript" src="../ClientGlobalContext.js.aspx"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="HtmlLocalization.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="Localization.js"></script> </head> <body onload="Localization.LocalizeLabel();"> </body> </html> |
- add following code to your code before using “Xrm.Utility.getResourceString”. As a parameter for AB.HtmlLocalization.Initialize I pass an array of JavaScript that have “Resx” dependent webresources. It builds required structure of objects in window and returns promise.
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AB.HtmlLocalization.Initialize(["ab_/Localization.js"]) .then(function() { var a = Xrm.Utility.getResourceString("ab_/Messages", "LocalizedMessage"); console.log("Localized Value - " + a); }, function(e) { console.log(e); }); |
This is the first release of the product and I haven’t done massive testing so if you found a bug or have suggestions feel free to leave your comment here or open an issue on the GitHub repository.