Practical, step-by-step guides for getting real work done with Resource Builder. The articles here cover editing .rc, .res, .resx, and .resources files, working with icons, bitmaps, and application manifests, comparing resources between builds, and scripting the command-line compiler and linker.
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Four extensions, two separate worlds. A plain-language guide to how .rc, .res, .resx, and .resources files differ, how each is…

Turn a .resx or .resources file into a native Win32 .res or .rc, or convert between .resx and .resources. Bitmap,…

Your compiler will not tell you when a merge drops an icon, a manifest, or a string table entry. Here…

Compare two sets of resources and see exactly what was added, changed, or removed, then merge back the differences you…

You do not need Visual Studio to open a .resx or .resources file. Resource Builder edits .NET resource files directly,…

Build your application interface from HTML, CSS, and scripts embedded in the EXE or DLL. How to add HTML resources…

Resource Builder makes creating, editing, and compiling application resources fast: visual editors for images, dialogs, and strings, one-step RC script…

A short introduction to what Resource Builder does: visual editors for icons, bitmaps, strings, menus, and dialogs, an RC script…