Building Resources (GNAT User’s Guide for Native Platforms)

#### 7.4.8.21 Building Resources ¶

A resource file is an ASCII file. By convention, resource files have an `.rc` extension. The easiest way to build a resource file is to use Microsoft tools such as `imagedit.exe` to build bitmaps, icons and cursors and `dlgedit.exe` to build dialogs. You can always build an `.rc` file yourself by writing a resource script.

It’s not our objective to explain how to write a resource file. A complete description of the resource script language can be found in the Microsoft documentation.