RCData.exe Uses User-Defined Resources in Windows Apps

ID: Q37657

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.0, 3.1
Microsoft Windows 2000

SUMMARY

RCData.exe is a sample that demonstrates how to use a user-defined resource in a Windows-based application.

The resource is declared in the resource (RC) file as follows:


   TEST RCDATA
   BEGIN
       <data goes here>
   END

An application accesses this resource with the following statements:


   hFound = FindResource(hInstance, "TEST", RT_RCDATA);
   hRes = LoadResource(hInstance, hFound);
   lpBuff = LockResource(hRes);
   // use lpBuff to access the resource contents
   bResult = UnlockResource(hRes);
   bResult = FreeResource(hRes);

MORE INFORMATION

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RCData.exe

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Additional query words:

Keywords : kbfile kbsample kbWinOS2000 kbResource kbGrpUser kbWinOS310 kbWinOS300
Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.1
Platform : WINDOWS
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