Resource-management functions find and load application resources from a
Windows executable file. A resource can be a cursor, icon, bitmap, string, or font.
Following are the resource-management functions:
| Function | Description |
| AccessResource | Opens the specified resource. |
| AllocResource | Allocates uninitialized memory for a resource. |
| FindResource | Determines the location of a resource. |
| FreeResource | Removes a loaded resource from memory. |
| LoadAccelerators | Loads an accelerator table. |
| LoadBitmap | Loads a bitmap resource. |
| LoadCursor | Loads a cursor resource. |
| LoadIcon | Loads an icon resource. |
| LoadMenu | Loads a menu resource. |
| LoadResource | Loads a resource. |
| LoadString | Loads a string resource. |
| LockResource | Retrieves the absolute memory address of a resource. |
| SetResourceHandler | Sets up a function to load resources. |
| SizeofResource | Supplies the size, in bytes, of a resource. |