Wrong handling of deleting strings with comment

[42-MM]

Delete the German string for "Yes" with the ResX Manager.

Works well for entries without a comment. The ResX Manager deletes the <data> node:

<data name="Yes" xml:space="preserve">
   <value>Ja</value>
</data>

But when the German stings has a comment the string is set to an empty string:

<data name="Yes" xml:space="preserve">
   <value>Ja</value>
   <comment>My sample comment.</comment>
</data>

deleting of "Ja" results in:

<data name="Yes" xml:space="preserve">
   <value></value>
   <comment>My sample comment.</comment>
</data>

In this case the fallback mechanism of the resource manager does not work, because the string is an empty string but it should be null.

[tom-englert]

It's the same behavior as the VS internal resource editor. Any deviation from the default behavior may result in inconsistencies.

Dropping the <value> element is not an option, since then it won't compile any longer. (Error MSB3103 Invalid Resx file. System.NotImplementedException: User-facing error for bad resx that has child elements but not value)

Tried to apply xsi:nil, but that didn't work either.

Any ideas how to fix this?

[42-MM]

Thanks for your investigation!

Strange, when I remove the <value> it compiles but the Visual Studio Resource Editor fails. But you are right, only removing the <value> node is not a good idea.

With a German <value> node:

After removing the <value> node:

The Visual Studio Resource Editor shows an exception:

I have no ideas for a fix.