FIX: Code blocks embedded in an ASP.NET 2.0 Web page disappear when you use the Generate Local Resource tool in Visual Web Developer to generate a local resource file

Symptoms

In Microsoft Visual Web Developer, you use the Generate Local Resource tool to generate a local resource file for an ASP.NET 2.0 Web page. When you do this, any embedded code blocks on this page may be deleted.

For example, you have a Panel control on the ASP.NET 2.0 Web page. The code for the Panel control resembles the following:

  <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <asp:Panel runat="server" ID="disablePanel">
       The current server time is: <%=DateTime.NOW.ToString() %>
    </asp:Panel>
  </form>

Then, you open this Web page in Visual Web Developer, and then click the Generate Local Resource on the Tools menu. However, the following string disappears from the code:


<%=DateTime.NOW.ToString() %>

Therefore, if you view the Source view of this page, the code resembles the following:

<form id="form1" runat="server">
    <asp:Panel runat="server" ID="disablePanel" meta:resourcekey="Panel1Resource1">
       The current server time is: 
    </asp:Panel>
</form>

Resolution

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

More Information

For more information about the Embedded Code Blocks in ASP.NET Web Pages, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178135.aspxFor more information about the Resource Files in ASP.NET Web Pages, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms247246.aspx