Meanings of Resource Compiler Messages

Last reviewed: July 22, 1997
Article ID: Q37532

3.00 3.10 WINDOWS kbtool

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit for Windows versions 3.1 and 3.0.

The following describes what the RC compiler is telling you in its output when it is writing resources

   <id>.<Predefined resource type> <bytes>

where <id> is the #define that you give a resource or the string in uppercase; <predefined resource type> is one of the following

   #define CURSOR        1
   #define BITMAP        2
   #define ICON          3
   #define MENU          4
   #define DIALOG        5
   #define STRING        6
   #define FONTDIR       7
   #define FONT          8
   #define ACCELERATORS  9
   #define RCDATA       10

and <bytes> is the size of the resource.

NOTE: In order to have the output described above generated, you must use the -v (verbose) switch for the resource compiler when binding a resource to an executable.

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.10
KBCategory: kbtool
KBSubcategory: TlsRc
Keywords : kb16bitonly

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Last reviewed: July 22, 1997
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