Resource Editors: Overview

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Visual C++ and its development environment supply the resource editors listed below for editing the contents of your program’s resource (.RC) file:

• Accelerator Editor
  
  
• Binary Data Editor
  
  
• Dialog Editor
  
  
• Graphics Editor
  
  
• Menu Editor
  
  
• String Editor
  
  
• Symbol Editor
  
  
• Toolbar Editor
  
  
• Editor

In Visual C++ version 5.x, resource-editor functionality specific to Visual C++ (not used in other tools in the development environment) affects the following editors:

• Dialog Editor Topics for Visual C++   Importing Visual Basic Forms; dialog editor tips
  
  
• Graphics Editor Topics for Visual C++   Creating or editing icons and cursors
  
  
• Menu Editor Topics for Visual C++   Creating pop-up menus; associating a menu item with an accelerator key or with a status-bar prompt
  
  
• Symbol Editor Topics for Visual C++   Creating and editing symbols: symbolic names associated with a numeric value
  
  
• Version Editor Topics for Visual C++   Editing version information

Visual C++ also supplies sample resources, such as icons, cursors, and toolbar buttons.

What do you want to do?

Click the name of an editor above for details about tasks specific to Visual C++.