c# - Is it possible to generate Satellite Assemblies from within code? -

i'm elaborate solution simplifying translator tool. therefore try automatically compile satellite assembly within code.

so want achive replace manual run of following command:

al.exe /culture:de /out:de\testresource.resources.dll /embed:testresource.de.resources

so far i've tested generating .dll file, worked. embedding/linking ressource shown below doesn't has effect, expanding dll's size. it's there not usable if resulting dll satellite assembly.

    static void main(string[] args)     {         csharpcodeprovider codeprovider = new csharpcodeprovider();         compilerparameters parameters = new compilerparameters();          parameters.generateexecutable = false;         parameters.outputassembly = "./output/satellite_test.dll";         parameters.embeddedresources.add(@"./testresource.en.resources");         parameters.linkedresources.add(@"./testresource.de.resources");          compilerresults results = codeprovider.compileassemblyfromsource(parameters, "");     } 

is there way generate dll programmatically contains localized resources 1 language, it's usable satellite assembly?

finally i've managed generate satellite assemblies code.

following code generates appropriate resourcefile:

// resourcefilename has match  // exact namespacepath of original resourcename. var resourcefilename = @"translationtest.resources.testresource.de.resources";  // file has .resource file. (resourcewriter instead of resxresourcewriter) // .resx not working , has converted .resource file. using (var resourcewriter = new resourcewriter(resourcefilename)) {     resourcewriter.addresource("testtext", "language german!!"); } 

using resourcefile there compileroptions necessary:

compilerparameters parameters = new compilerparameters();  // newly created assembly has dll. parameters.generateexecutable = false;  // filename has original resourcename. renaming afterwards not work. parameters.outputassembly = "./de/translationtest.resources.dll";  // resourcefile has embedded in new assembly. parameters.embeddedresources.add(resourcefilename); 

finally compiling assembly there required code has compiled into:

// culture information has part of newly created assembly. var assemblyattributesascode = @"     using system.reflection;      [assembly: assemblyculture(""de"")]";  csharpcodeprovider codeprovider = new csharpcodeprovider(); compilerresults results = codeprovider.compileassemblyfromsource(     parameters,      assemblyattributesascode );