RESOURCE( )

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Returns a character string from a DLL file.

Syntax

RESOURCE(<resource id>, <DLL filename expC>)

<resource id>

A numeric value that identifies the character string resource.

<DLL filename expC>

The name of the DLL file.

Description

Use RESOURCE( ) to generate a character string from a resource in a DLL file. The character string must be less than 32K; a character string longer than this is truncated.

RESOURCE( ) is often useful for internationalizing applications without changing program code. For example, you can store in a DLL file all character strings that might need translation from one language to another, and your application can retrieve them at run time with the RESOURCE( ) function. To modify the application for another language, translate the strings and store them in a new DLL file, in the same order and with the same resource IDs as their counterparts in the original DLL file. Then substitute the new DLL for the original one.

NOTE: When adding a split bitmap resource, in order to ensure that the resource item is used as a split image (and not show both images) the code streamed is RESOURCE:2 <bitmapname> instead of just RESOURCE: <bitmapName>