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39 lines
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This is winerc, the resource compiler for the Wine project. It takes the
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same input as rc.exe, but generates C files as output. These C files can
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be linked together with the application, which can access the resource
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data directly instead of using FindResource/LoadResource/LockResource.
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The generated C code contains arrays, which represent the resource as if
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it was obtained from LoadResource. A table to map resource names to
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pointers is also available.
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Primary applications are the resources of sysres.dll and a future
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commdlg.dll, but the use in the library version is possible as well.
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The expected advantage of using winerc over sysres.dll is a speed
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improvement, however, actual data to support that claim are not
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available. The use of winerc might also simplifies the source code. For
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example, the system menu is managed in the function CopySysMenu
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(controls/menu.c). A winerc-based implementation would just call
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return LoadMenuIndirect(_Sysres_SYSMENU);
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As the resources are already in the Wine image, they are loaded on
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demand as any other part of a Unix executable image.
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Current State
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This is the first release of winerc. It is alpha software, as the rest
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of Wine is. If you use it for replacing sysres.dll, or if you write
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other parts of Wine which require resource (like commdlg), you will
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probably notice a loss in stability. This is especially true for cursor
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and icon resources, as they are unlikely to work at all. See the TODO
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file for details.
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Copying
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The license for Wine applies for winerc as well. Read the files LICENSE
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and WARRANTY in the current or any future distribution for details. You
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can change any source files, and you can add your own copyright notice,
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as long as you leave the existing copyrights intact.
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Bug Reports and Fixes
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If you find a bug in winerc, you can report it to me,
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martin@cs.csufresno.edu (Martin von Loewis)
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or to comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine. If you can fix the bug, send the
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diffs & ChangeLog to wine-new@amscons.com (Bob Amstadt), or send it to
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me, and I will collect the fixes and forward them to wine-news.
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