prestobin
Convert Pelle's C resources to a binary file that can be used with other compilers.
Usage: prestobin myresource.rc resource.h
###Steps to use
- Include prestoapi.h in your project.
- Use the functions in prestoapi.h to access your resources.
- Add the offsets to a header file. See note
- Call INIT_RESOURCE() once in your project, before calling any of the resource functions. Best in main.
- Build a .bin file from your resources with prestobin.exe (or on linux with prestobin)
prestobin sample.rc sample.h - Build an object file from the .bin file with objcopy. See makefile
###Be aware
- The tool only converts the types RT_RCDATA and RT_STRING.
- The tool doesn't support unicode. (maybe later)
- Binary resources must be in the same folder of the .rc file.
- Instead of using the windows resource api there are 3 functions inside prestoapi.h See prestoapi.h
######Note: Add this code but change the _binary_yourres_rc_bin_start and _binary_yourres_rc_bin_end
See Resources(1) for info on how to obtain the names for _binary_res_prestobin_rc_bin_start and _binary_res_prestobin_rc_bin_end because these depend on your filename and/or objcopy version.
#ifdef PRESTOBINAPI
extern char _binary_res_prestobin_rc_bin_start;
extern char _binary_res_prestobin_rc_bin_end;
char * resource_offset;
#define INIT_RESOURCE() resource_offset = &_binary_res_prestobin_rc_bin_start;
#else
#define INIT_RESOURCE()
#endif###Resources
####Disclaimer
Feel free to use on your own responsibility.