Free resource editor for Windows .rc files?

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Anders Sandvig picture Anders Sandvig · Dec 19, 2008 · Viewed 30.1k times · Source

Microsoft Visual C++ Express does not include the built-in resource editor that comes with the professional versions. Are there any good, free, alternatives out there that let you visually edit those .rc files?

Note: I am talking about the resource script source files used by Visual C++ to compile the resources, not the compiled resources themselves (i.e. the program would need to be able to visually edit menus and dialogs in a similar way as MSVC++ does it).

Answer

alexandrul picture alexandrul · Dec 19, 2008

ResEdit used to be available here: www.resedit.net

However, it seems to contain malware at this time. Please look for mirrors or scan it before use.

ResEdit is a free Resource Editor for Win32 programs. You can use it if you want to use dialogs, icon, version information or other types of resources. Output files can be compiled by any Win32 compiler, like MinGW and Microsoft Visual C++. To open a file which uses Win32 API symbolic constants, you will also need Win32 header files (usually coming with you compiler).

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