STRINGTABLE Resource
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8/28/2008
This resource-definition statement specifies one or more string resources for an application. String resources are null-terminated Unicode strings that can be loaded as needed from the executable file, using the LoadString function.
STRINGTABLE [[optional-statements]] { stringIDstring . . . }
Parameters
optional-statements
Specifies options for a STRINGTABLE resource. It can be zero or more of the following statements.Value Description CHARACTERISTICS dword
User-defined information about a resource that can be used by tools that read and write resource files. For more information, see CHARACTERISTICS Statement.
LANGUAGE language, sublanguage
Specifies the language for the resource. For more information, see LANGUAGE Statement.
VERSION dword
User-defined version number for the resource that can be used by tools that read and write resource files. For more information, see VERSION Statement.
- stringID
Specifies an unsigned 16-bit integer that identifies the resource.
string
Specifies one or more strings, enclosed in double quotation marks. The string must be no longer than 4,097 characters and must occupy a single line in the source file. To add a carriage return to the string, use this character sequence: \012. For example, "Line one\012Line two" defines a string that is displayed as follows.Line one Line two
Example
The following code example shows how to use the STRINGTABLE statement.
#define IDS_HELLO 1
#define IDS_GOODBYE 2
STRINGTABLE
{
IDS_HELLO, "Hello"
IDS_GOODBYE, "Goodbye"
}
See Also
Reference
ACCELERATORS Resource
CHARACTERISTICS Statement
DIALOG Resource
LANGUAGE Statement
MENU Statement
RCDATA Resource
VERSION Statement