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XResFile - Files Stored in Resources: Part 1 - Text and Binary

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This series of articles is a step-by-step guide to reading files stored in your program's resources. Along the way I will present some non-MFC classes to assist you in reading text, binary, zip, and even encrypted files that have been compiled into your program as resources.
//Microsoft Developer Studio generated resource script.
//
#include "resource.h"

#define APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 2 resource.
//
#include "afxres.h"

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#undef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// English (U.S.) resources

#if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_ENU)
#ifdef _WIN32
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
#pragma code_page(1252)
#endif //_WIN32

#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// TEXTINCLUDE
//

1 TEXTINCLUDE DISCARDABLE 
BEGIN
    "resource.h\0"
END

2 TEXTINCLUDE DISCARDABLE 
BEGIN
    "#include ""afxres.h""\r\n"
    "\0"
END

3 TEXTINCLUDE DISCARDABLE 
BEGIN
    "#define _AFX_NO_SPLITTER_RESOURCES\r\n"
    "#define _AFX_NO_OLE_RESOURCES\r\n"
    "#define _AFX_NO_TRACKER_RESOURCES\r\n"
    "#define _AFX_NO_PROPERTY_RESOURCES\r\n"
    "\r\n"
    "#if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_ENU)\r\n"
    "#ifdef _WIN32\r\n"
    "LANGUAGE 9, 1\r\n"
    "#pragma code_page(1252)\r\n"
    "#endif //_WIN32\r\n"
    "#include ""afxres.rc""         // Standard components\r\n"
    "#endif\r\n"
    "#ifdef _VC60\r\n"
    "/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////\r\n"
    "//\r\n"
    "// 24\r\n"
    "//\r\n"
    "1                      24      MOVEABLE PURE   ""app.manifest""\r\n"
    "#endif\r\n"
    "\0"
END

#endif    // APSTUDIO_INVOKED


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Icon
//

// Icon with lowest ID value placed first to ensure application icon
// remains consistent on all systems.
IDR_MAINFRAME           ICON    DISCARDABLE     "hans.ico"

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// TEXT
//

IDU_FILE1               TEXT    DISCARDABLE     "test1.txt"
IDU_FILE2               TEXT    DISCARDABLE     "test2.txt"
IDU_FILE3               TEXT    DISCARDABLE     "test3.txt"
IDU_FILE4               TEXT    DISCARDABLE     "test4.txt"
IDU_FILE5               TEXT    DISCARDABLE     "test5.txt"
IDU_FILE6               TEXT    DISCARDABLE     "test6.txt"

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// BINARY
//

IDU_FILE7               BINARY  DISCARDABLE     "test7.bin"

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Dialog
//

IDD_ABOUTBOX DIALOG DISCARDABLE  0, 0, 270, 131
STYLE DS_MODALFRAME | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
CAPTION "About XResFileTest Part 1"
FONT 8, "MS Sans Serif"
BEGIN
    ICON            IDR_MAINFRAME,IDC_STATIC,11,14,20,20,SS_CENTERIMAGE | 
                    WS_BORDER
    LTEXT           "XResFileTest  Part 1  Version 1.0",IDC_STATIC,40,13,119,8,
                    SS_NOPREFIX
    LTEXT           "Copyright � 2007 Hans Dietrich",IDC_STATIC,40,27,165,8
    LTEXT           "This software is provided ""as is"" with no expressed or implied warranty.  I accept no liability for any damage or loss of business that this software may cause. ",
                    IDC_STATIC,40,71,165,32
    LTEXT           "Send email to Hans Dietrich",IDC_ABOUT_EMAIL,90,113,90,
                    8,SS_CENTERIMAGE
    DEFPUSHBUTTON   "OK",IDOK,209,9,50,14,WS_GROUP
    LTEXT           "This software is released into the public domain.  You are free to use it in any way you like, except that you may not sell this source code.",
                    IDC_STATIC,40,41,165,24
END

IDD_XRESFILETEST_DIALOG DIALOGEX 0, 0, 300, 206
STYLE DS_MODALFRAME | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_POPUP | WS_VISIBLE | WS_CAPTION | 
    WS_SYSMENU
EXSTYLE WS_EX_APPWINDOW
CAPTION "XResFileTest Part 1"
FONT 8, "MS Sans Serif"
BEGIN
    CONTROL         "Display text in hex",IDC_DISPLAY_HEX,"Button",
                    BS_AUTOCHECKBOX | WS_TABSTOP,7,9,75,10
    DEFPUSHBUTTON   "Test ANSI Text",IDC_TEST_ANSI,85,7,66,14
    PUSHBUTTON      "Test Unicode Text",IDC_TEST_UNICODE,157,7,66,14
    PUSHBUTTON      "Test Binary",IDC_TEST_BINARY,229,7,66,14
    LISTBOX         IDC_LIST1,5,26,290,175,LBS_MULTIPLESEL | 
                    LBS_OWNERDRAWFIXED | LBS_HASSTRINGS | 
                    LBS_NOINTEGRALHEIGHT | WS_VSCROLL | WS_HSCROLL | 
                    WS_TABSTOP
END


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Menu
//

IDR_XLISTBOX MENU DISCARDABLE 
BEGIN
    POPUP "XListBox"
    BEGIN
        MENUITEM "&Select All",                 ID_EDIT_SELECT_ALL
        MENUITEM "&Copy",                       ID_EDIT_COPY
        MENUITEM "C&lear",                      ID_EDIT_CLEAR
    END
END


#ifndef _MAC
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Version
//

VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
 FILEVERSION 1,0,0,1
 PRODUCTVERSION 1,0,0,1
 FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
#ifdef _DEBUG
 FILEFLAGS 0x1L
#else
 FILEFLAGS 0x0L
#endif
 FILEOS 0x4L
 FILETYPE 0x1L
 FILESUBTYPE 0x0L
BEGIN
    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
    BEGIN
        BLOCK "040904B0"
        BEGIN
            VALUE "E-mail", "hdietrich@gmail.com\0"
            VALUE "Article", "www.codeproject.com\0"
            VALUE "FileDescription", "XResFileTestPt1\0"
            VALUE "FileVersion", "1, 0, 0, 1\0"
            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright � 2007 Hans Dietrich\0"
            VALUE "OriginalFilename", "XResFileTestPt1.exe\0"
            VALUE "ProductName", "XResFileTestPt1\0"
            VALUE "ProductVersion", "1, 0, 0, 1\0"
        END
    END
    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
    BEGIN
        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200
    END
END

#endif    // !_MAC


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// DESIGNINFO
//

#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
GUIDELINES DESIGNINFO DISCARDABLE 
BEGIN
    IDD_ABOUTBOX, DIALOG
    BEGIN
        LEFTMARGIN, 7
        RIGHTMARGIN, 228
        TOPMARGIN, 7
        BOTTOMMARGIN, 48
    END

    IDD_XRESFILETEST_DIALOG, DIALOG
    BEGIN
        LEFTMARGIN, 7
        RIGHTMARGIN, 293
        TOPMARGIN, 7
        BOTTOMMARGIN, 199
    END
END
#endif    // APSTUDIO_INVOKED


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// String Table
//

STRINGTABLE DISCARDABLE 
BEGIN
    IDS_ABOUTBOX            "&About XResFileTest Part 1..."
    IDS_MAILTO              "mailto:hdietrich@gmail.com?subject=XResFile"
END

#endif    // English (U.S.) resources
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////



#ifndef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 3 resource.
//
#define _AFX_NO_SPLITTER_RESOURCES
#define _AFX_NO_OLE_RESOURCES
#define _AFX_NO_TRACKER_RESOURCES
#define _AFX_NO_PROPERTY_RESOURCES

#if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_ENU)
#ifdef _WIN32
LANGUAGE 9, 1
#pragma code_page(1252)
#endif //_WIN32
#include "afxres.rc"         // Standard components
#endif
#ifdef _VC60
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// 24
//
1                      24      MOVEABLE PURE   "app.manifest"
#endif

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#endif    // not APSTUDIO_INVOKED

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Written By
Software Developer (Senior) Hans Dietrich Software
United States United States
I attended St. Michael's College of the University of Toronto, with the intention of becoming a priest. A friend in the University's Computer Science Department got me interested in programming, and I have been hooked ever since.

Recently, I have moved to Los Angeles where I am doing consulting and development work.

For consulting and custom software development, please see www.hdsoft.org.






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