ASP.NET MVC 2 Display Name DataAnnotaion from Resource not working

Question

I am trying to use a resource file to store label text for a model in an MVC 2 project.

I have the following class ...

public class Person
{
    [Display(ResourceType = typeof(Resources.Labels),Name="First")]
    public string FirstName { get; set; }
    public string LastName { get; set; }
}

... and tried to use ...

    <%: Html.EditorForModel() %>
    <%: Html.EditorFor(m => m) %>
    <%: Html.LabelFor(m => m.FirstName) %>

... but I get "FirstName" for the label in all instances. The resource file, called Labels.resx, has an entry for "First" and is located in the "Properties" folder.

After reading a few posts, I believe this should work in .NET 4 (I use VS2010 RTM and configured .NET 4).

If it works?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

http://weblogs.asp.net/rajbk/archive/2010/04/27/localization-in-asp-net-mvc-2-using-modelmetadata.aspx

Answer 2

:

[Required(ErrorMessageResourceType = typeof(Resources), ErrorMessageResourceName = "Required")]