Sweden-Number/rc
Alexandre Julliard 9ea19e54cb Release 970101
Wed Jan  1 15:36:17 1997  Alexandre Julliard  <julliard@lrc.epfl.ch>

	* [controls/listbox.c]
	Use FindFirstFile/FindNextFile in LISTBOX_Directory.

	* [files/dos_fs.c]
	Rewrote FindFirstFile/FindNextFile to use DOSFS_FindNext().

	* [files/file.c] [files/directory.c]
	Use Win32 kernel objects and handles for file handles.
	Unified SearchPath() and OpenFile().

	* [loader/builtin.c]
	Moved to if1632/ directory.

	* [tools/build.c] [debugger/*] [miscemu/*]
	Win16 register functions now receive the same CONTEXT * structure
	as Win32 functions.

	* [include/sigcontext.h] [miscemu/instr.c]
	Added new macros to get register values from the SIGCONTEXT
	structure (only used for instruction emulation now).

	* [scheduler/process.c] [scheduler/thread.c] (New files)
	Allocate process and thread structures.

	* [scheduler/process.c] [win32/k32obj.c]
	Added Win32 kernel objects and handles management.

	* [loader/task.c]
	Create a Win32 process and thread for every Win16 task.

	* [misc/commdlg.c] [misc/shell.c] [windows/msgbox.c]
	Built-in resources are now in Win32 format. This also avoids
	16-bit callbacks for built-in dialogs.

	* [misc/lzexpand.c]
	Differentiate between 16-bit and 32-bit file handles.

	* [miscemu/int*.c]
	Moved all int emulation to msdos/ directory.

	* [msdos/*]
	New directory msdos/ contains all MS-DOS emulation code that can
	also be used for Winelib; this should enable Winelib apps to use
	DOS3Call and related functions.

	* [rc/winerc.c]
	A few bug fixes for Win32 resource format.

	* [windows/winpos.c]
	Hack in WINPOS_ReorderOwnerPopups() to avoid X crashed (still not
	right though).

Sun Dec 29 17:47:55 1996  O. Flebbe <flebbe@science-computing.uni-tuebingen.de>

	* [loader/pe_image.c]
	Make sure BSS of a PE_Image is zero.

Sat Dec 28 22:15:34 1996 Alex Korobka <alex@trantor.pharm.sunysb.edu>

	* [windows/scroll.c]
	ScrollWindowEx() rewrite, ScrollDC() fix.

	* [windows/nonclient.c] [controls/menu.c]
	Fixed Alt-Space crashes in dialogs.

	* [windows/event.c] [windows/message.c]
	Some changes in mouse message generation.

Thu Dec 26 09:25:24 1996  Philippe De Muyter  <phdm@info.ucl.ac.be>

	* [debugger/stabs.c]
	Dummy DEBUG_ReadExecutableDbgInfo provided for !__ELF__ case.

Tue Dec 24 00:59:05 MET 1996  Martin Buck <martin-2.buck@student.uni-ulm.de>

	* [windows/event.c]
	Changed XK_Page_{Up,Down} to XK_{Prior,Next} for X11R5
	compatibility.
1997-01-01 17:29:55 +00:00
..
Makefile.in Release 961023 1996-10-23 16:59:13 +00:00
README Release 960218 1996-02-18 18:44:41 +00:00
README.sysres Release 941030 1994-10-30 16:25:19 +00:00
TODO Release 941030 1994-10-30 16:25:19 +00:00
parser.h Release 960414 1996-04-14 13:21:20 +00:00
parser.l Release 961215 1996-12-15 19:45:59 +00:00
parser.y Release 961215 1996-12-15 19:45:59 +00:00
systest.c Release 941030 1994-10-30 16:25:19 +00:00
winelogo.bmp Release 941030 1994-10-30 16:25:19 +00:00
winerc.c Release 970101 1997-01-01 17:29:55 +00:00

README

This is winerc, the resource compiler for the Wine project. It takes the
same input as rc.exe, but generates C files as output. These C files can
be linked together with the application, which can access the resource
data directly instead of using FindResource/LoadResource/LockResource.
The generated C code contains arrays, which represent the resource as if
it was obtained from LoadResource. A table to map resource names to
pointers is also available.
Primary applications are the resources of sysres.dll and a future
commdlg.dll, but the use in the library version is possible as well.
The expected advantage of using winerc over sysres.dll is a speed
improvement, however, actual data to support that claim are not
available. The use of winerc might also simplifies the source code. For
example, the system menu is managed in the function CopySysMenu
(controls/menu.c). A winerc-based implementation would just call
	return LoadMenuIndirect(_Sysres_SYSMENU);
As the resources are already in the Wine image, they are loaded on
demand as any other part of a Unix executable image. 

Current State
This is the first release of winerc. It is alpha software, as the rest
of Wine is. If you use it for replacing sysres.dll, or if you write
other parts of Wine which require resource (like commdlg), you will
probably notice a loss in stability. This is especially true for cursor
and icon resources, as they are unlikely to work at all. See the TODO
file for details.

Copying
The license for Wine applies for winerc as well. Read the files LICENSE
and WARRANTY in the current or any future distribution for details. You
can change any source files, and you can add your own copyright notice,
as long as you leave the existing copyrights intact.

Bug Reports and Fixes
If you find a bug in winerc, you can report it to me,
martin@cs.csufresno.edu (Martin von Loewis) or to
comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine. If you can fix the bug, send the diffs
and ChangeLog entry to julliard@lrc.epfl.ch (Alexandre Julliard).