Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your RESX file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert RESX to another file type
To convert your RESX file to another format, you need Microsoft Visual Studio or other Developer software.
Convert a file to RESX
To convert other file formats to the "Localization Resource File" file type, you need software like Microsoft Visual Studio or a similar tool.
About RESX files
A .RESX file is an XML-based resource format used within the Microsoft .NET Framework to store localizable strings, images, and binary objects separate from the application's source code. While they are technically text files using standard XML syntax, .RESX files often become unwieldy because they embed binary assets (like icons or images) as long blocks of Base64-encoded text. This makes them difficult to read manually and nearly impossible for non-developers to edit without breaking the strict schema required by the compiler. Additionally, sending raw .RESX files to translators can be problematic, as they often lack the development environments like Visual Studio needed to view the resources in context. To bridge this gap, users typically convert .RESX files to CSV or XLSX for easy editing in Microsoft Excel during localization. For modern web development, converting these resources to JSON allows for seamless integration with JavaScript frameworks.
Convert.Guru analyzes your RESX file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert RESX file to JSON, CSV, XML, JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP or RB, you can use Microsoft Visual Studio or similar software from the ".NET Application Resources" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SH, PY, KT, PS1, SWIFT, LUA, PL, JAVA, SCALA, JS, VBS or TS files to RESX, try Microsoft Visual Studio or another comparable tool in the ".NET Application Resources" category.
The RESX Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our RESX converter.