http://blogs.msdn.com/dustin_andrews/archive/2008/11/21/consider-replacing-strings-with-enums-in-resource-references.aspxConsider replacing strings with Enums in resource references. I see code like this all the time in test and XNA and I really dislike it. MyCustomResourceClass resources = new MyCustomResourceClass(); MyImageClass currentImage = resources[ "Image 1.jpg"en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)