ScriptResx.ashx Not Working

Question

I'm trying to use ScriptResx.ashx in an Application Page I'm building (just to test out the functionality) and every time I try to grab a resource from what should be a JavaScript object, SharePoint comes back and tells me that SP.Publishing.Resources is not a valid object. What bothers me is that I can run http://dev/_layouts/15/ScriptResx.ashx?name=sp.publishing.resources&culture=en-us in the browser and I get an entire Javascript object (with namespace returned):

_EnsureJSNamespace('SP.Publishing');
SP.Publishing.Resources=
    {spellcheckerCheckSpelling:'Check Spelling', 
    ..., 
    cui_stt_ButVariationsMenuListSettingsTooltip15:'View variation list settings.'};
if (typeof(Sys)!='undefined' && Sys && Sys.Application) { Sys.Application.notifyScriptLoaded(); }

The code I'm using in my Application Page is as follows:

<asp:Content ID="PageHead" ContentPlaceHolderID="PlaceHolderAdditionalPageHead" runat="server">
<script type="text/javascript" src="/_layouts/15/Scripts/jquery-1.9.1.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    function pageLoad() {
        RegisterSod("sp.publishing.resources.resx", "/_layouts/15/ScriptResx.ashx?name=sp.publishing.resources&culture=en-us");
        var test = SP.Publishing.Resources;
        $('#testDiv').text(SP.Publishing.Resources.toString);
    }
</script>

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Answer 1

RegisterSod doesn't fetch the script file. You must load it. Use LoadSodByKey, or use the plain tag to load it synchronously. I wrote a blog post about how to use javascript localizaton in SharePoint and scriptresx.ashx . Waldek Mastykarz shows how to use it with RegisterSod. But you have to know, that the script won't be downloaded before you explicitly load it. A similar issue was reported in another question on SharePoint StackExchange

After you have added the sod:

RegisterSod("sp.publishing.resources.resx"
     , "/_layouts/15/ScriptResx.ashx?name=sp.publishing.resources&culture=en-us");

You could do it so:

LoadSodByKey("sp.publishing.resources", function() {
   //this is when the generated script with resources has been loaded
});

Or you can load it and invoke your functions (which depend on the sp.publishing.resources) in ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded:

LoadSodByKey("sp.publishing.resources");

//... somewhere esle
ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(function() {
   //this is when the generated script with resources has been loaded
}, "sp.publishing.resources");

This AMD (asynchronous module dependency) approach is great when you don't need this script everywhere.

On the other hand, if you know, you need this allmost everywhere, just add the script-tag like this:

<script src="/_layouts/15/ScriptResx.ashx?name=sp.publishing.resources&culture=en-us">
</script>

This script will download the file and will be ready for you immediately when the page has been loaded.