Windows resource script

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A '''Windows resource script''' (also called a '''resource file''', and other similar names) is a text-based file used to define [[resources]] used in the development of Microsoft Windows software. Such files are used mainly with traditional "Win32"-style software, and not necessarily with other frameworks such as .NET.
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A '''Windows resource script''' (also called a '''resource file''', and other similar names) is a text-based file used to define [[resources]] used in the development of Microsoft Windows software.
  
Although resource scripts can be written manually, a specialized ''resource editor'' is usually used instead. Unfortunately, the free editions of Microsoft's development tools often do not include a resource editor.
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Although resource scripts can be written manually, a specialized ''resource editor'' is usually used instead.
  
A resource script is typically compiled to a [[Windows resource]] ('''.res''') file, and then linked into an [[Portable Executable|EXE]] or [[Dynamic-link library (Windows)|DLL]] file.
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A resource script is typically compiled to a [[Windows resource]] ('''.res''') file or [[Object file format|.o]] file, and then linked into an [[Portable Executable|EXE]] or [[Dynamic-link library (Windows)|DLL]] file.
  
 
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* [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Windows_Programming/Resource_Scripts Wikibooks: Windows Programming/Resource Scripts]
 
* [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Windows_Programming/Resource_Scripts Wikibooks: Windows Programming/Resource Scripts]
 
* [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Windows_Programming/Resource_Script_Reference Wikibooks: Windows Programming/Resource Script Reference]
 
* [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Windows_Programming/Resource_Script_Reference Wikibooks: Windows Programming/Resource Script Reference]
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* [https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/ GNU Binutils] → windres
  
 
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Latest revision as of 14:56, 13 April 2019

File Format
Name Windows resource script
Ontology
Extension(s) .rc, .rc2, .rct

A Windows resource script (also called a resource file, and other similar names) is a text-based file used to define resources used in the development of Microsoft Windows software.

Although resource scripts can be written manually, a specialized resource editor is usually used instead.

A resource script is typically compiled to a Windows resource (.res) file or .o file, and then linked into an EXE or DLL file.

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