Resource Script Files - Overview

A resource script file consists of one or more resource statements that define the type, identifier, and data for each resource. For example, the following multiple -line resource statement defines a menu to be used with an application:

MENU 1
BEGIN
    MENUITEM "Alpha", 101
    MENUITEM "Beta", 102
END

A resource script file is a text file you can create by using an ordinary text editor. Since some resources may contain binary data that cannot be created using a text editor, many resource statements let you specify additional files to include when compiling the resource script file. For example, the following statement defines an icon and specifies the file myicon.ico as containing the icon data:

ICON 1 myicon.ico

Directives
A resource script file can also contain directives. For example, the following directive includes the header file menu.h when irc processes the resource script file:

#include "menu.h"
MENU WND_MAIN
BEGIN
MENUITEM "~Exit", MI_EXIT
END

By default, resource script files have the .rc filename extension.

Note: Although the Resource Compiler is C-like in syntax, it is not a C compiler. Use only valid Resource Compiler statements.

Resource Compiler - An Overview
Resource Compiler - Rules for Resource Statements
Resource Compiler - Syntax