Get string from resources using name

The id of the string is "test" and not "name".... I don't think you can use a string as part of a Rez call parameter, as the paramerter "I think" is done at compile time...

Do you really need to load all the strings at once and why as an array?

Do you really need to load all the strings at once and why as an array?

I dont need to load all at once, but I need to select from x strings. So with array I can like get value x like Ui.loadResource(array[x]) :)

Hmm.. but do you know how the hashCode is calculated? Or is it just random? :D

Thx!!

Maybe someone that knows how the compiler works can tell you about the hash codes. I don't know

But what if you load your stings using the actual ids and then build your own array?

array[0]=Ui.loadResource(Rez.Strings.strA);

array[1]=Ui.loadResource(Rez.Strings.strB);

etc?

Then just use array[x] for the string you want.

Good idea! I think I will do it that way :)
Thx for help

Hi, i'm gonna re-open this subject because i got the same problem.

I've got 30 strings and i would like to display only one. I could load all the string in a array but it will take a lot a space for nothing.

So if someone know how open strings like BrownieCake think by using Ui.loadResource(Rez.Strings."myId"), or if it's just impossible ?

Thanks by advance.

I think - I know what is the problem - as I have/had similar one and no good (from memory perspective) solution.

Imagine that want to show bitmap for weather conditions. Ideal solution would be - I'm storing weather code as number (1,2,3...) representing bitmaps.

Ideal (not possible?) solution would be:

var rezName = "weather" + weatherCode.toString();
Rez.Strings.byName(rezName); // or something with similar functionality

Instead I'm having:

if( weatherCode==1) {
icon = :weather1;
} else if (weatherCode == 2) {
icon = :weather2;
…
// switch is more memory consuming anyway so I'm using if - else construction

It is not possible to convert from a string to a symbol in this way. These mappings are defined at compile time.

You should probably use a lookup table. I would expect this to take less app space than an if/else.

icons = [:weather1,:weather2,...]; //Do this in an initialization routine so it is only constructed once.

icon = icons[weatherCode];


Ok, so it's not possible.

Thanks for your answers.

I'm trying to do the same with Rez.Styles, but it doesn't work:

Rez.Strings[:AppName] works

but: