Symbol Editor Topics

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A symbol is a resource identifier that consists of a text string (name) mapped to an integer value — for example:

IDC_EDITNAME = 5100

Symbols provide a descriptive way of referring to resources and user-interface objects, both in your source code and while you’re working with them in the resource editors.

You can view and manipulate symbols in one convenient place using the Resource Symbols browser, also known as the Symbol Editor.

What do you want to do?

• Learn about symbols
  
  
• Learn about symbol name restrictions
  
  
• Learn about symbol value restrictions
  
  
• Change a symbol or symbol name
  
  
• Change a symbol’s numerical value
  
  
• Manage symbols with the Resource Symbols browser