IXR - resx compiler for AX

Ixr is command line tool which can generate resx files for AX projects. Resx file contains localizable strings from project, that can be further used in translation.

Quick start

1. Install ixr tool

dotnet tool install AXSharp.ixr --prerelease --local

2. Run ixr compiler

dotnet ixr -x $PATH_TO_AX_PROJECT -o $PATH_TO_RESX_FILE

where:
$PATH_TO_AX_PROJECT - is path to AX project
$PATH_TO_RESX_FILE - is path to resx file, where the localizable strings will be generated

Localizable string are exported only from string attributes and pragmas of attribute name.

ixr can be run without parameters from within an AX project folder. In that case it will use the settings from ixc AXSharp.config.json and emit the resource file into .g\Resource\PlcStringResource.resx file of the ax twin project.

Note

More about implementing resx file into your project see here.

Localizable string

Localizable string must start with <# and end with #> tags.
For example:
'<#This is localizable string#>'

Also you can connecting localizable and non-localizable string together.
For example:
'This is non-localizable string <#This is localizable string#>'

Special characters

Ixr support all these special characters:
!"#$'()*+,-.:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~€
No other characters can be used.

See also

Notes

Ixr is still in early development, so some features may be missing and bugs may occur.