[RESOLVED] Storing very large strings

[dbasnett]

I know, it was made when I first started coding .NET
It was working, so I didn't mind changing it.

I actually need some sort of way to represent the strings used. Since storing it in a file brings the read speed factor, it has to be stored in memory.

I managed to get some sort of resolution:

Public Class Information
    Public Shared ReadOnly Property HelpInfoErrorSupport()
        Get
            Return "If you need error support, you can visit our website." _
            & vbCrLf & "The website is displayed in the 'about' tab." _
            & vbCrLf & "You can post your findings and requests there."
        End Get
    End Property
    Public Shared ReadOnly Property HelpInfoInstallationPath()
        Get
            Return "In order to use LPP Modlauncher, the Battlefield 2/2142 Installation path must be set." _
            & vbCrLf & "You can use the path of the Demo version."
        End Get
    End Property
End Class

MessageBox.Show(Information.HelpInfoErrorSupport, "Error Support", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information)

But I am actually more interested in what you guys would do. Say, you have to display changing information in your program or you want to use "localization" (different languages).

I just can't believe anyone would use arrays to represent their information...

This code won't even compile, so I assume it was just an example.

This worked

Public Class Information

    Private Shared ReadOnly _HelpInfoErrorSupport As String = String.Join(Environment.NewLine, New String() _
                                                                          {"If you need error support, you can visit our website.", _
                                                                           "The website is displayed in the 'about' tab.", _
                                                                           "You can post your findings and requests there."})

    Private Shared ReadOnly _HelpInfoInstallationPath As String = String.Join(Environment.NewLine, New String() _
                                                                              {"In order to use LPP Modlauncher, the Battlefield 2/2142 Installation path must be set.", _
                                                                               "You can use the path of the Demo version."})

    Public ReadOnly Property HelpInfoErrorSupport() As String
        Get
            Return _HelpInfoErrorSupport
        End Get
    End Property

    Public ReadOnly Property HelpInfoInstallationPath() As String
        Get
            Return _HelpInfoInstallationPath
        End Get
    End Property

End Class

If this were me I would have an XML file

    <Messages> 

     <Message>
     <Name>Name_of_the_message</Name>  
     <text>Message text</text>
    </Message>

     <Message>
     <Name>Name_of_the_message</Name>  
     <text>Message text</text>
    </Message>

    </Messages>

Unless the number of messages is incredibly large the file access time would be negligible.