Sweden-Number/rc
Alexandre Julliard 2197901989 Release 970305
Sun Mar  2 14:57:37 1997  Alexandre Julliard  <julliard@lrc.epfl.ch>

	* [*/*]
	Completed transition to new Win32 types.

	* [tools/build.c]
	Changed CallTo16_regs to take a CONTEXT argument.

	* [memory/virtual.c]
	Rewrote Virtual* functions. Implemented CreateFileMapping and
	OpenFileMapping. Broke MapViewOfFile ;-)

	* [win32/k32obj.c]
	Implemented named objects.

Sun Mar  2 00:33:21 1997  Mikolaj Zalewski <zmikolaj@free.polbox.pl>

	* [misc/ole2nls.c] [resources/sysres_Pl.c]
	Added Polish language support.

Sat Mar  1 13:31:25 1997  David Faure <david.faure@ifhamy.insa-lyon.fr>

	* [windows/keyboard.c]
	Wrote VkKeyScan and tested with Winword. Works ok except for dead
	chars.

Fri Feb 28 09:34:03 1997  John Harvey <john@division.co.uk>

	* [graphics/win16drv/font.c] [graphics/win16drv/init.c]
	  [graphics/win16drv/obects.c]
	Added start of SelectObject call for printer driver. Write should
	now run with the printer driver enabled.

Wed Feb 26 20:03:32 1997  Marcus Meissner <msmeissn@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>

	* [debugger/*.c]
	Re-added a disassembly command (list serves another functionality
	now).

	* [loader/pe_resource.c]
	Added # support.

	* [misc/ole2nls.c]
	GetStringType* added.

	* [objects/color.c]
	VGA16 fixes.

	* [windows/class.c]
	Look for global widget classes too in GetClassInfo32.

	* [windows/sysmetrics.c] [include/windows.h]
	Added Win32 sysmetrics.

Sat Feb 22 23:56:29 1997  Jukka Iivonen <iivonen@cc.helsinki.fi>

	* [documentation/languages]
	The fourth case updated.

	* [if1632/ntdll.spec]
	Added some is* and to* functions.

Sat Feb 22 23:05:47 1997  Morten Welinder  <terra@diku.dk>

	* [configure.in]
	Add tests for wait4 and waitpid.

	* [loader/signal.c]
	Clean up OS-dependent code.  I hope I got it right, :-)

	* [tools/wineconf]
	Recognise vfat file systems.  Ignore floppy drives specified in
	/etc/fstab.

	* [files/*]
	Fix function names in error messages.

Sat Feb 22 06:15:13 1997  Pablo Saratxaga <srtxg@chanae.stben.be>

	* [windows/keyboard.c] [windows/message.c]
	Support for more latin alphabet dead keys for iso-8859-{1,2,3,4,9}
	characters sets.

Fri Feb 21 20:37:50 1997  Huw D M Davies <h.davies1@physics.oxford.ac.uk>

	* [controls/edit.c]
	Fix incorrect arg order in LOCAL_Alloc() call.

Fri Feb 21 18:19:17 1997  Andrew Taylor  <andrew@riscan.com>

	* [multimedia/mmsystem.c] [multimedia/mcistring.c]
	Fixed bug related to device IDs returned by multimedia
	system.  Implemented mciGetDeviceID.

Sat Feb 15 00:58:19 1997  Jimen Ching  <jching@aloha.com>

	* [debugger/dbg.y]
	Do not dereference invalid expressions.
1997-03-05 08:22:35 +00:00
..
Makefile.in Release 970305 1997-03-05 08:22:35 +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 970305 1997-03-05 08:22:35 +00:00
parser.y Release 970305 1997-03-05 08:22:35 +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).