Resource compiler: rcomp.exe

The resource compiler, Rcomp, compiles source rss resource files into a rsc resource data file which can be used by applications, and a rsg resource header file. The operation of the resource compiler is usually wrapped in an abld batch file. That provides the most commonly used Rcomp functionality, but does not provide some of the debugging options available directly through Rcomp.

Note the following changes since v5:

the –h and –o arguments are optional, so output files need not be produced
the –s arguments is optional, with a default of reading the source file from standard input

rcomp [—v] | [—i] | [—m] | [—p] | [—u] [—oDataOutputFile][—hHeaderOutputFile][—sSourceFileName][—iBaseInputFileName]

`-v`	verbose output
`-l`	log memory
`-m`	output memory calls
`-p`	parser debugging
`-u`	generate Unicode resource binary
`-o`	Specify full path and name for data output file (`DataOutputFile`). If this is not specified, no data output file is created.
`-h`	Specify header output file (`HeaderOutputFile`; name only, does not include path). If this is not specified, no header output file is created.
`-s`	Specify resource compiler source file `SourceFileName` (output of pre-processor `BaseInputFileName.rpp`). If not specified, or specified as `-s-`, source is read from the standard input.
`-i`	The file given to the pre-processor (this is the source file `BaseInputFileName.rss`)

`DataOutputFile`	The resource data referred to by the application at run-time. Note that the generated file can have any name. However, before the resource file can be used it must be renamed to have an extension `.rsc`.
`HeaderOutputFile`	The generated header file, which contains `#define` statements for each resource defined in the source file.

Resource compiler: `rcomp.exe`

Purpose

Changes since v5

Command line syntax

Arguments

Output files