Generates a strongly typed wrapper for a resource file, compatible with the Portable Class Library. Just drop this T4 template in your project, with the same base name as a .resx file in the same folder (e.g. Strings.tt for Strings.resx)

Strings.tt

<#@ template debug="false" hostspecific="true" language="C#" #>
<#@ assembly name="System.Core" #>
<#@ assembly name="System.Xml" #>
<#@ assembly name="System.Xml.Linq" #>
<#@ assembly name="EnvDTE" #>
<#@ import namespace="System.IO" #>
<#@ import namespace="System.Linq" #>
<#@ import namespace="System.Text" #>
<#@ import namespace="System.Globalization" #>
<#@ import namespace="System.Collections.Generic" #>
<#@ import namespace="System.Xml.Linq" #>
<#@ import namespace="EnvDTE" #>
<#@ output extension=".cs" #>
<#
    var project = FindProject();
    string className = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(Host.TemplateFile);
    string resourceFileName = className + ".resx";
    string resourcesDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(Host.TemplateFile);
    string projectDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(project.FullName);
    string relativePath = resourcesDir.Substring(projectDir.Length);
    string resourcesFile = Host.ResolvePath(resourceFileName);
    string resourceNamespace = project.Name;
    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(relativePath))
        resourceNamespace += relativePath.Replace('\\', '.');

    string baseName = string.Format("{0}.{1}", resourceNamespace, className);

    var doc = XDocument.Load(resourcesFile);
    var entries =
        from d in doc.Root.Elements("data")
        select new
        {
            Name = d.Attribute("name").Value,
            Value = d.Element("value").Value
        };
#>
using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Resources;

namespace <#= resourceNamespace #>
{

    public static class <#= className #>
    {
        private static readonly Lazy<ResourceManager> _resourceManager =
            new Lazy<ResourceManager>(() => new ResourceManager("<#= baseName #>", typeof(<#= className #>).GetTypeInfo().Assembly));
        
        public static ResourceManager ResourceManager
        {
            get { return _resourceManager.Value; }
        }

        public static CultureInfo Culture { get; set; }

<# foreach(var entry in entries) { #>
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns a string similar to '<#= Ellipsis(entry.Value, 50) #>'
        /// </summary>
        public static string <#= entry.Name #>
        {
            get { return ResourceManager.GetString("<#= entry.Name #>", Culture); }
        }
<# } #>
    }
}
<#+
static string Ellipsis(string s, int maxLength)
{
    if (s.Length <= maxLength)
        return s;
    return s.Substring(0, maxLength) + "...";
}

Project FindProject()
{
    IServiceProvider serviceProvider = (IServiceProvider)Host;
    DTE dte = (DTE)serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(DTE));
    string templateFileName = Host.TemplateFile;
    var item = dte.Solution.FindProjectItem(Host.TemplateFile);
    if (item != null && item.ContainingProject != null)
        return item.ContainingProject;
    throw new InvalidOperationException("Can't find project name");
}

#>