---
title: roResourceManager
slug: develop/roresourcemanager
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createdAt: 2025-03-11T07:07:18.733Z
---

The *roResourceManager* object is used to manage strings in multiple languages.

Object creation: The *roResourceManager* object is created with a single filename parameter that specifies the name of the file that contains all of the localized resource strings required by the user. This file must be in UTF-8 format.

```text
CreateObject("roResourceManager", filename As String)
```

## ifResourceManager

### SetLanguage(language\_identifier As String) As Boolean

Instructs the *roResourceManager* object to use the specified language. `False` is returned if there are no resources associated with the specified language.

### GetResource(resource\_identifier As String) As String

Returns the resource string in the current language for a given resource identifier.

### GetFailureReason() As String

Yields additional useful information if a function return indicates an error.

### GetLanguage() As String

## Usage

At present, *roResourceManager* is primarily used for localizing the *roClockWidget*. The resource file passed in during creation has the following format for each string entry:

```text
[RESOURCE_IDENTIFIER_NAME_GOES_HERE]
eng "Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec"
ger "Jan|Feb|Mär|Apr|Mai|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Okt|Nov|Dez"
spa "Ene|Feb|Mar|Abr|May|Jun|Jul|Ago|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dic"
fre "Jan|Fév|Mar|Avr|Mai|Jun|Jul|Aou|Sep|Oct|Nov|Déc"
ita "Gen|Feb|Mar|Apr|Mag|Giu|Lug|Ago|Set|Ott|Nov|Dic"
dut "Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|Mei|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Okt|Nov|Dec"
swe "Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|Maj|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Okt|Nov|Dec"
```

The name in square brackets is the resource identifier. Each line after it is a language identifier followed by the resource string. Multiple *roResourceManager* objects can be created. A default "resources.txt" file, which contains a range of internationalization values for the clock widget, is available on [this page](docId:1c7On8L3Z2bgg2tg-tgYR).