Opening a Resource File as Text

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There may be times when you want to view the contents of your project resource (.rc) file without opening a resource, such as a dialog box, inside its specific resource editor. For example, you may want to search for a string across all dialog boxes in the resource file without having to open each one separately.

You can easily open the resource file in text format to view all the resources it contains, and perform global operations supported by the Text editor.

To open a resource file as text

1. From the File menu choose Open, and navigate to the resource file you want to view in text format.
   
   
2. From the Open As drop-down list, select Text.