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There are two ways I’ve found on how to call a resource file from JaveScript and it is largely dependent on where your JavaScript lives. Does it live within a <SCRIPT> tag embedded within your aspx page or does live within a .js file.

1. Embedded within a <SCRIPT> tag within your aspx page:
   [js light=”true”]
   &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;
           alert(‘&quot;&lt;%=Resources.ResxFileName.FieldName %&gt;&quot;’);
   &lt;/script&gt;
   [/js]
2. Embedded within a .js fileThis method evolves around the using a hidden field to get the value and then passing that into the javascript file.

   This code lives within the .aspx file

   [csharp light=”true”]
   &lt;asp:HiddenField ID=&quot;hdnSearchDefaultText&quot; runat=&quot;server&quot;
   Value=&quot;&lt;%$Resources:ResxFileName, FieldName %&gt;&quot; /&gt;

   &lt;asp:TextBox ID=&quot;SearchTextBox&quot; runat=&quot;server&quot;
   Text=&quot;&lt;%$Resources:ResxFileName, FieldName %&gt;&quot;
   onfocus=&quot;SetDefaultKeywords(this, ‘hdnSearchDefaultText’);&quot;
   onblur=&quot;SetDefaultKeywords(this, ‘hdnSearchDefaultText’);&quot;/&gt;
   [/csharp]

   This code lives within the .js file.

   [javascript light=”true”]
   function SetDefaultKeywords(obj, controlName) {
       var defaultKeyword = $(‘input[id*=&quot;’+controlName+’&quot;]’).val();
       if (obj.value == defaultKeyword) {
           obj.value = ”;
       }
       else if (obj.value == ”) {
           obj.value = defaultKeyword;
       }
   }
   [/javascript]