Platform SDK: Windows User Interface |
To include resources in your Win32-based application with RC, do the following:
A script file is a text file with the extension .RC. The file can use single-byte, double-byte, or Unicode characters. The syntax and semantics for the RC preprocessor are similar to those of the Microsoft C/C++ compiler. However, RC supports a subset of the preprocessor directives, defines, and pragmas in a script.
The script file defines resources. For a resource that exists in a separate file, such as an icon or cursor, the script specifies the resource and the file that contains it. For some resources, such as a menu, the entire definition of the resource exists within the script.
The following topics describe the information a script file can contain: