BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Resource file format          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> C++ Builder (Non-Technical) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Eyyub Volkan Çektimur Guest Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 1:58 pm    Post subject: Resource file format Hi, how can i find windows resource file format ? and what type of resource format does borland uses ? (i mean in .res file which informations are included ?) i need to parse and (maybe) regernerate .res file. thanks for help. -- ________________________________________ Eyyub Volkan Çektimur Proya Software & Trade Inc. Head of Core Development Department Back to top Ed Mulroy [TeamB] Guest Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 2:42 pm    Post subject: Re: Resource file format Borland uses the standard format for compiled resource files. http://www.wotsit.org/ and http://www.shorl.com/fupresopojore or, in its long form http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/resources/introductiontoresources/resourcefileformats.asp The resource file is created by using the resource compiler on a source file, a *.RC file. The format of statements in such a file is in the help files and more elaborate descriptions are given here. http://www.shorl.com/fybagysotygra or, in its long form http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/tools/tools/resource_definition_statements.asp Imagedit.exe is a utility which is included in the C++ Builder distribution. It will display some of the contents of the compiled resource file. Resource Hacker will do most anything with such files. http://www.users.on.net/johnson/resourcehacker/ .. Ed Quote: Eyyub Volkan Çektimur wrote in message news:40f53b95 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... how can i find windows resource file format ? and what type of resource format does borland uses ? (i mean in .res file which informations are included ?) i need to parse and (maybe) regernerate .res file. thanks for help. Back to top Eyyub Volkan Çektimur Guest Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:09 am    Post subject: Re: Resource file format thanks -- ________________________________________ Eyyub Volkan Çektimur Proya Software & Trade Inc. Head of Core Development Department Back to top Oliver Rutsch Guest Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:57 am    Post subject: Re: Resource file format Hi Eyyub Volkan Çektimur, Quote: Hi, how can i find windows resource file format ? and what type of resource format does borland uses ? (i mean in .res file which informations are included ?) i need to parse and (maybe) regernerate .res file. thanks for help. I think you're still working on a tool to change all File Version numbers in a project group, right? This is a great idea, because it takes a lot of time to change all versions in a large project group (we have more than 40 projects!) on all computers. We made the same experiences as you and we stopped working on it as we recognized that we need to change the .res file, too. If you're interested in the code to parse and change the .bpr file then don't hesitate to contact me. A tool to automate this boring task would be great! Bye, -- Dipl. Ing. Oliver Rutsch EMail: [email]orutsch (AT) sympatec (DOT) com[/email] Sympatec GmbH Back to top Eyyub Volkan Çektimur Guest Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 10:12 am    Post subject: Re: Resource file format Hi, Yes, i wanted to do something like that. parsing .bpr file is simple, but ..res file is a bit complicated. I successfully read .res file and version info, but when i wanted to re-write (re-create) it , i failed. i read "win32 resource file formats" chapter of msdn, and follow that way, but always the created .res file differs from orginal one. (Especially when increasing the size of version info (1.0.0.2 to 1.0.0.10)) i have trouble with "padding" info of that structures. Anyway, if i succeed , i will notify you. ________________________________________ Eyyub Volkan Çektimur Proya Software & Trade Inc. Head of Core Development Department "Oliver Rutsch" <orutsch (AT) sympatec (DOT) com> wrote Quote: Hi Eyyub Volkan Çektimur, Hi, how can i find windows resource file format ? and what type of resource format does borland uses ? (i mean in .res file which informations are included ?) i need to parse and (maybe) regernerate .res file. thanks for help. I think you're still working on a tool to change all File Version numbers in a project group, right? This is a great idea, because it takes a lot of time to change all versions in a large project group (we have more than 40 projects!) on all computers. We made the same experiences as you and we stopped working on it as we recognized that we need to change the .res file, too. If you're interested in the code to parse and change the .bpr file then don't hesitate to contact me. A tool to automate this boring task would be great! Bye, -- Dipl. Ing. Oliver Rutsch EMail: [email]orutsch (AT) sympatec (DOT) com[/email] Sympatec GmbH Back to top Angus Johnson Guest Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 2:18 pm    Post subject: Re: Resource file format Quote: Yes, i wanted to do something like that. parsing .bpr file is simple, but .res file is a bit complicated. I successfully read .res file and version info, but when i wanted to re-write (re-create) it , i failed. i read "win32 resource file formats" chapter of msdn, and follow that way, but always the created .res file differs from orginal one. (Especially when increasing the size of version info (1.0.0.2 to 1.0.0.10)) i have trouble with "padding" info of that structures. Anyway, if i succeed , i will notify you. It's been a few years since I've looked at this code - and looking at it now, it'f far from pretty. Nevertheless, it does work, so if you're happy to decipher the Delphi code it should give you a fair idea of the required layout ... Hope it helps ... Angus J. ======================================================= procedure CompileVersionInfo; const wZero: word = $0; var w: word; dw: dword; i, len1, len2: integer; ws: widestring; SizeOfSfiSection_Offset, RemainingSizeOfSfiSection_Offset: integer; SizeOfSfiSection: integer; begin //VS_VERSION_INFO length (will fix up later but 0 for now) fStream.Write(wZero,sizeof(wZero)); w := sizeof(TVS_FIXEDFILEINFO); fStream.Write(w,2); fStream.Write(wZero,sizeof(wZero)); //binary (not text) ws := 'VS_VERSION_INFO'; fStream.Write(ws[1],(length(ws)+1)*2); while fStream.position mod 4 <> 0 do fStream.Write(w,2); fStream.Write(ffi, sizeof(ffi)); //TVS_FIXEDFILEINFO while fStream.position mod 4 <> 0 do fStream.Write(wZero,sizeof(wZero)); SizeOfSfiSection_Offset := fStream.Position; dw := 0; //SizeOfSfiSection (0 for now) fStream.Write(dw,sizeof(dw)); fStream.Write(wZero,sizeof(wZero)); //binary (not text) ws := 'StringFileInfo'; fStream.Write(ws[1],(length(ws)+1)*2); while fStream.position mod 4 <> 0 do fStream.Write(wZero,sizeof(wZero)); RemainingSizeOfSfiSection_Offset := fStream.Position; fStream.Write(dw,sizeof(dw)); // (0 for now) fStream.Write(wZero,sizeof(wZero)); //binary (not text) ws := sfi_Lang_charset; fStream.Write(ws[1],(length(ws)+1)*2); while fStream.position mod 4 <> 0 do fStream.Write(wZero,sizeof(wZero)); for i := 0 to sl1.count -1 do begin len1 := (length(sl1[i])+1)*2; len2 := (length(sl2[i])+1)*2; //calculate record size (with padding) w := 6 + len1; if w mod 4 <> 0 then inc(w,2); inc(w,len2); if w mod 4 <> 0 then inc(w,2); fStream.Write(w,2); //record size w := len2; //length of value string fStream.Write(w,2); w := 1; //text (not binary) fStream.Write(w,2); ws := sl1[i]; fStream.Write(ws[1],len1); while fStream.position mod 4 <> 0 do fStream.Write(wZero,sizeof(wZero)); ws := sl2[i]; fStream.Write(ws[1],len2); while fStream.position mod 4 <> 0 do fStream.Write(wZero,sizeof(wZero)); end; SizeOfSfiSection := fStream.Position - SizeOfSfiSection_Offset; while fStream.position mod 4 <> 0 do fStream.Write(wZero,sizeof(wZero)); dw := $44; //SizeOfVarFileInfoSection fStream.Write(dw,4); fStream.Write(wZero,sizeof(wZero)); //binary (not text) ws := 'VarFileInfo'; fStream.Write(ws[1],(length(ws)+1)*2); while fStream.position mod 4 <> 0 do fStream.Write(wZero,sizeof(wZero)); w := $24; //record size fStream.Write(w,2); w := 4; //value size = 4 bytes fStream.Write(w,2); fStream.Write(wZero,sizeof(wZero)); //binary (not text) ws := 'Translation'; fStream.Write(ws[1],(length(ws)+1)*2); while fStream.position mod 4 <> 0 do fStream.Write(wZero,sizeof(wZero)); w := vfi_Lang; fStream.Write(w,2); w := vfi_charset; fStream.Write(w,2); fStream.position := 0; w := fStream.Size; fStream.Write(w,2); fStream.position := SizeOfSfiSection_Offset; dw := SizeOfSfiSection; fStream.Write(dw,4); fStream.position := RemainingSizeOfSfiSection_Offset; dw := SizeOfSfiSection-$24; fStream.Write(dw,4); end; Back to top Simon Macneall Guest Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 11:54 pm    Post subject: Re: Resource file format On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 09:57:50 +0200, Oliver Rutsch <orutsch (AT) sympatec (DOT) com> wrote: Quote: I think you're still working on a tool to change all File Version numbers in a project group, right? This is a great idea, because it takes a lot of time to change all versions in a large project group (we have more than 40 projects!) on all computers. We made the same experiences as you and we stopped working on it as we recognized that we need to change the .res file, too. If you're interested in the code to parse and change the .bpr file then don't hesitate to contact me. A tool to automate this boring task would be great! Why don't you just dump the borland auto generated Version info and add an ..rc file with your version stuff in it? This is what we have done for all our projects and it makes life much easier. One simple script file can change the version info for any and all projects. You can also share the rc file across multiple projects if they share the same version numbers. Just uncheck the "Include version information in project" on the Version Info tab of project options, and add a simple rc file. We have actually gone as far as dumping the borland res file completely, and put all images in via rc file too, as this allows us to change the images without having to manually readd them to the project. Simon Back to top Eyyub Volkan Çektimur Guest Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 9:30 am    Post subject: Re: Resource file format thanks for the suggestion, i have already finished to read/write .res file. but your suggestion is much sensible. is there any article to learn that resource (.rc) language ? -- ________________________________________ Eyyub Volkan Çektimur Proya Software & Trade Inc. Head of Core Development Department Back to top Ed Mulroy [TeamB] Guest Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:55 am    Post subject: Re: Resource file format Quote: ... is there any article to learn that resource (.rc) language ? The resource file is created by using the resource compiler on a source file, a *.RC file. The format of statements in such a file is in the help files and more elaborate descriptions are given here. http://www.shorl.com/fybagysotygra or, in its long form http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/tools/tools/resource_definition_statements.asp .. Ed Quote: Eyyub Volkan Çektimur wrote in message news:40fb9420$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Back to top Eyyub Volkan Çektimur Guest Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:43 am    Post subject: Re: Resource file format thanks ________________________________________ Eyyub Volkan Çektimur Proya Software & Trade Inc. 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