RCDATA Statement

Syntax:

  RCDATA resource-id
  BEGIN
  data-definition, data-definition   ...
      .
      .
      .
  END

The RCDATA statement defines a custom-data resource for an application. The custom data can be in whatever format the application requires. You can provide any number of RCDATA statements in a resource script file, but each statement must specify a unique resource-id value. A custom-data resource can be loaded from the executable file when needed by using the DosGetResource or DosGetResource2 functions with the RT_RCDATA resource type.

resource-id

Specifies the custom-data identifier. This value must be an unsigned integer in the range of 1 through 65535, a simple expression that evaluates to a value in these ranges, or a character string.
data-definition
Specifies the custom data. The data may be simple expressions or strings.

Example

This example defines custom data that has a resource identifier of 5.

RCDATA 5BEGIN
    "E. A. Poe", 1849, -32, 3L, 0x8000000l, 3+4+5
END

---

[Back: RADIOBUTTON Statement]
[Next: RCINCLUDE Statement]