Resource Table

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

The Resource table contains resource data to be written into executables or DLLs.

The Resource table has the following columns.

Columns

File_

File identifier, referencing the File table entry containing the file specification.

External key to column one of the File table.

ResType

Resource type to update.

Non-negative numbers only. Can be a user-defined resource type or one of the following predefined resource types.

Value	Resource Type	Meaning
9	RT_ACCELERATOR	Accelerator table
21	RT_ANICURSOR	Animated cursor
22	RT_ANIICON	Animated icon
2	RT_BITMAP	Bitmap resource
1	RT_CURSOR	Hardware-dependent cursor resource
5	RT_DIALOG	Dialog box
8	RT_FONT	Font resource
7	RT_FONTDIR	Font directory resource
12	RT_GROUP_CURSOR	Hardware-independent cursor resource
14	RT_GROUP_ICON	Hardware-independent icon resource
3	RT_ICON	Hardware-dependent icon resource
4	RT_MENU	Menu resource
11	RT_MESSAGETABLE	Message-table entry
10	RT_RCDATA	Application-defined resource (raw data)
6	RT_STRING	String-table entry
16	RT_VERSION	Version resource

ResId

Resource ID to update.

Non-negative numbers only.

Data

Data to write.

If the text string contains property parameters (a property name within square brackets), the current values for those properties are substituted into the string. If the resultant string begins with #x, the string is treated as a hexadecimal value, and the resource is updated with the binary value.

Remarks

This table is referred to when the UpdateResources action is executed.