MAKEINTRESOURCE

This macro converts an integer value to a resource type compatible with Windows resource-management functions. This macro is used in place of a string containing the name of the resource.

At a Glance

Header file: Winuser.h
Windows CE versions: 1.0 and later

Syntax

LPTSTR MAKEINTRESOURCE( WORD wInteger; );

Parameters

wInteger

Specifies the integer value to be converted.

Return Values

The return value is the specified value in the low-order word and zero in the high-order word.

Remarks

The return value should be passed only to the Win32 resource-management functions, as the lpType parameter.

The MAKEINTRESOURCE macro is defined as follows:

#define MAKEINTRESOURCE(i)  (LPTSTR) ((DWORD) ((WORD) (i)))