Multiple-line Statements

Multiple-line statements consist of a keyword identifying the resource type, a number or character string which specifies the resource identifier, and, between the BEGIN and END keywords, additional resource statements that define the resource data. For example, this MENU statement defines a menu resource:

    MENU 1
    BEGIN
        MENUITEM "Alpha", 101
        MENUITEM "Beta",  102
    END

The menu identifier is 1. The menu contains two MENUITEM statements that define the contents of the menu. In multiple-line statements such as DLGTEMPLATE and WINDOWTEMPLATE, RC allows any level of nested statements. For example, the DLGTEMPLATE and WINDOWTEMPLATE statements typically contain a single DIALOG or FRAME statement. These statements can contain any number of WINDOW and CONTROL statements; the WINDOW and CONTROL statements can contain additional WINDOW and CONTROL statements; and so on. The nested statements let you define controls and other child windows for the dialog boxes and windows. If a nested statement creates a child window or control, the parent and owner of the new window is the window created by the containing statement. (FRAME statements occasionally create frame controls whose parent and owner windows are not the same.)