About Resources

This overview describes the functions that enable applications to find a resource in a module; load a resource into memory; add, delete or replace a resource in an executable file; and generate a list of the resources contained in a module. For specific information about the organization of resource data within executable files, refer to the resource formats documentation.

For information about how to create standard resources, refer to the following table.

Resource Topic
Accelerator table Keyboard Accelerators
Bitmap Bitmaps
Cursor Cursors
Dialog box Dialog Boxes
Enhanced metafile Metafiles
Font Fonts and Text
Icon Icons
Menu Menus
Message-table entry Your message-compiler documentation
String-table entry String Manipulation
Version information File Installation Library

For information about how to include resource data in a Microsoft® Windows® executable file, refer to the documentation for your resource compiler.