| HRSRC FindResource(hinst, lpszName, lpszType) | |||||
| HINSTANCE hinst; | /* handle of module containing resource | */ | |||
| LPCSTR lpszName; | /* address of resource name | */ | |||
| LPCSTR lpszType; | /* address of resource type | */ | |||
The FindResource function determines the location of a resource in the specified resource file.
hinst
Identifies the instance of the module whose executable file contains the resource.
lpszName
Specifies the name of the resource. For details, see the following Comments section.
lpszType
Specifies the resource type. For details, see the following Comments section. For predefined resource types, this parameter should be one of the following values:
| Value | Meaning |
| RT_ACCELERATOR | Accelerator table |
| RT_BITMAP | Bitmap resource |
| RT_CURSOR | Cursor resource |
| RT_DIALOG | Dialog box |
| RT_FONT | Font resource |
| RT_FONTDIR | Font directory resource |
| RT_ICON | Icon resource |
| RT_MENU | Menu resource |
| RT_RCDATA | User-defined resource (raw data) |
| RT_STRING | String resource |
The return value is the handle of the named resource if the function is successful. Otherwise, it is NULL.
If the high-order word of the lpszName or lpszType parameter is zero, the low-order word specifies the integer identifier of the name or type of the given resource. Otherwise, the parameters are long pointers to null-terminated strings. If the first character of the string is a pound sign (#), the remaining characters represent a decimal number that specifies the integer identifier of the resource's name or type. For example, the string #258 represents the integer ID 258.
To reduce the amount of memory required for the resources used by an application, the application should refer to the resources by integer identifier instead of by name.
An application must not call the FindResource and LoadResource functions to load cursor, icon, and string resources. Instead, it must load these resources by calling the LoadCursor, LoadIcon, and LoadString functions, respectively.
Although the application can call the FindResource and LoadResource functions to load other predefined resource types, it should load the corresponding resources by calling the LoadAccelerators, LoadBitmap, and LoadMenu functions.
LoadAccelerators, LoadBitmap, LoadCursor, LoadIcon, LoadMenu, LoadResource, LoadString