FileNotFoundException ResourceManage::GetString C++/CLI - .net-4.0

Question

I have a MFC DLL with CLR enabled and using .Net v4.0 in VS2010 SP1. I have added a new managed resource file called ReportStrings.resx to the root of the project. I am using the code below to access the resources. No matter what I put in the ResourceManger constructor. I am getting a FileNotFoundException when rmResources->GetString(sKey) is called. The exception says "Could not find file 'Report.resources'." I searched my application for any references to Report.resources and did not find any. Any help would be gretaly appreciated.
Thanks,
Josh
public ref class ResourceGetter
{
static ResourceManager^ rmResources = gcnew ResourceManager("Report.ReportStrings", Assembly::GetExecutingAssembly());
public:
static String^ GetResource(String^ sKey)
{
String^ sReturn = nullptr;
String^ sTheme = String::Empty;
try
{
sReturn = rmResources->GetString(sKey);
}
catch (Exception^ ex)
{
ex;
}
return (sReturn == nullptr) ? "[" + sKey + " not found]" : sReturn;
}
};

Answer 1

Okay, after creating several test projects and recreating my application project from scratch I seem to have found the issue. If I initialize the resources in the app constructor of my main file everything works correctly. So for example, my project is named Report, so I add the initailization code to the CReportApp constructor in the Report.cpp file and all is well. Thanks for your help Hans Passant. My code is below:
ResourceGetter.h
#pragma once
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Resources;
public ref class ResourceGetter
{
static ResourceManager^ rmResources = nullptr;
public:
static ResourceGetter()
{
}
static void Initialize()
{
if ( rmResources == nullptr )
{
rmResources = gcnew ResourceManager("Report.ReportStrings", Assembly::GetExecutingAssembly());
ResourceProxy::Initialize(gcnew Mnc::Utilities::GetResourceDelegate(&ResourceGetter::GetResource));
}
}
static String^ GetResource(String^ sKey)
{
String^ sReturn = nullptr;
try
{
if ( rmResources != nullptr )
sReturn = rmResources->GetString(sKey);
else
System::Diagnostics::Debug::WriteLine("Failed to retrieve resource (" + sKey + "): Returned null.");
}
catch (Exception^ ex)
{
ex;
}
return (sReturn == nullptr) ? "[" + sKey + " not found]" : sReturn;
}
};
Report.cpp
CReportApp::CReportApp()
{
ResourceGetter::Initialize();
}