Resource files enable you to specify the resource information used in creating an application's window. Some examples of resources that can be defined in resource files are:
To add resource information to an application, use a text editor to create a resource script file, and then compile it using the Resource Compiler, RC.EXE. The advantage of using resource files is that resource information can be maintained and updated separately in the resource script file and then linked to your application program's .EXE file. This greatly simplifies customizing an application because you can modify resource information without having to recompile the entire application.
This chapter describes the use of resource files in Presentation Manager (PM) programming.