Extract XML Literal to Resource (VB)

• Oct 06, 2021

Extracts a selected XML literal to a new or existing resource file. Extracted code is replaced with the appropriate resource extraction statement.

Purpose

This refactoring encourages XML code reuse, as well as code and data separation.

Availability

Available from the context menu or via shortcuts:

• when the caret is on an XML tag. In this case, this tag and its children will be extracted.
• when an XML code fragment is selected. In this case, the selected fragment will be extracted.
• when the caret is on a variable that is being assigned an XML code fragment. In this case, the entire right-side part of the assignment will be extracted.

Note

This refactoring is only available in Visual Studio 2008, in VB code.

Example

VB.NET

Dim MyXElement As XElement = _
    <contact>
        <name>Patrick Hines</name>
        <phone type="home">206-555-0144</phone>
        <phone type="work">425-555-0145</phone>
    </contact>│

Result:

VB.NET

Dim MyXElement As XElement = _ 
    XElement.Parse(My.Resources.│MyXMLElementValue)

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