Re[2]: [Dev-C++] Resource files

[Per W. <pw...@ia...>]

The xx.res file is just a middle step during the build of the application,
just like the xx.o or xx.obj is an itermediate file for the source code.

The last step in the linking will place the xx.res data into the xx.exe or
xx.obj file.

/Per W

On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Zodiaq wrote:

> Hello Louis and all Dev-C++ users,
>
> Wednesday, March 19, 2003, 2:35:46 PM, Louis wrote as follows:
>
> LG> On this same question,
>
> LG> Are .res files optional or must they always be present in
> LG> WIN32 API apps ?
>
> Resource files are optional...
>
> LG> What is the advantage of having
> LG> a menus etc. in the .res file and not in the .exe file?
>
> The resource files I know ( .rc ) are compiled and linked into
> executable final file ( .exe)... The external "resource files" should
> be rather named as extra configuration files, not resource files...
>
> What are advantages of using .rc files for apps?? Here are few:
> -there are some editors to help you easly build them, and later
> maintain - make changes, add new ones... hmmm... for now only realy
> good one is the one that comes with Visual C++... after making some
> changes to .rc it adds few M$ related lines to code which you can
> later delete using text editor... for building new resources I prefer
> wedit (new version is integrated into lcc32 ide) but I had some
> difficulties to get it work with existing .rc...
> -you can EASLY make your app localized - very good example is eMule -
> her (http://www.emule-project.net/?s=downloads) you can find its FULL
> source, look at emule.rc :-)
> -when using resource files you can make fast changes to any messages
> that are passed to user - for example if I want to changes text passed
> through MessageBox I don't have to look thoughout my whole code, I
> need to find it my .rc
> -.rc files are (AFAIK) only places where app version, compilation
> date, company name etc. can be stored... you can later view it using
> "details" (right-click on file) under any Windows...
>
> DISadvantages:
> -dialog resources when using text editor are (very) hard to edit - you
> have to know EXACTLY where to place them on the screen (pixels) and
> what special properties they have... this is much harder then
> comparing WYSIWYG HTML editor to TEXT HTML Editors...
>
> --
> regards, Zodiaq
>
>
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