This resource-definition statement specifies a raw data resource for an application. Raw data resources permit the inclusion of binary data directly in the executable file.
Syntax
nameID RCDATA [[optional-statements]] { raw-data . . . }
Parameters
nameID
Specifies either a unique name or a 16-bit unsigned integer value that identifies the resource.
optional-statements
Specifies options for an RCDATA resource. It can be zero or more of the following statements:
| Value | Description |
| CHARACTERISTICS dword | User-defined information about a resource that can be used by tools that read and write resource files. For more information, see CHARACTERISTICS. |
| LANGUAGE language, sublanguage | Specifies the language for the resource. For more information, see LANGUAGE. |
| VERSION dword | User-defined version number for the resource that can be used by tools that read and write resource files. For more information, see VERSION. |
raw-data
Specifies raw data consisting of one or more integers or strings of characters. Integers can be specified in decimal, octal, or hexadecimal format. To be compatible with 16-bit Windows, integers are stored as WORD values. You can store an integer as a DWORD value by qualifying the integer with the L suffix.
Strings are enclosed in quotation marks. The Resource Compiler (RC) does not automatically append a terminating null character to a string. Each string is a sequence of the specified ANSI characters, unless you qualify it as a wide-character string with the L prefix.
The block of data begins on a DWORD boundary and the RC performs no padding or alignment of data within the raw-data block. It is your responsibility to ensure the proper alignment of data within the block.
Example
The following code example shows how to use the RCDATA statement.
resname RCDATA
{
“Here is an ANSI string\0”, // explicitly null-terminated
L"Here is a Unicode string\0", // explicitly null-terminated
1024, // integer, stored as WORD
7L, // integer, stored as DWORD
0x029a, // hex integer
0o733, // octal integer
}
See Also
ACCELERATORS, CHARACTERISTICS, DIALOG, LANGUAGE, MENU, STRINGTABLE, VERSION