Delphi, resource files and includes – some links
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/02/23
Some links that were useful getting back into using Delphi with resource scripts and include files:
- delphi – Include file behave differently using RC.EXE or BRCC32.EXE to build *.rc files – Stack Overflow [WayBack]
- About Resource Files (Windows) [WayBack]
- #include (Windows) [WayBack]
- Preprocessor Operators (Windows) [WayBack]
- Pragma Directives (Windows) [WayBack]
- BRCC32.EXE, the Resource Compiler – RAD Studio [WayBack]
- null terminate your versioninfo strings [WayBack]
- resources – How to compile Delphi RES file from commandline – Stack Overflow [WayBack]
- Using resource files with Delphi – DelphiBasics [WayBack]
- delphi – Remove {$R *.res} in package.dpk file will remove the rccompile in .dproj file – Stack Overflow [WayBack]
- delphi – What Is a .vrc file, how is is generated and can you remove it using the IDE? – Stack Overflow [WayBack]
- TN035: Using Multiple Resource Files and Header Files with Visual C++ [WayBack]
- Resource Files (Visual Studio) [WayBack]
- Include resource files in your Delphi build process Ondrej Kelle – Google+ [WayBack]
- Sometimes a unit only includes a .res file but ships with a .rc file, then you need to run BRCC32 on it (either manually once of build a build script); example: One of my favorite features in the XE IDE is an add in, part of Version Insight, that does Live Blaming … – Nick Hodges – Google+ [WayBack]
Maybe I should have considered this alternative:
- twm’s homepage – dzPrepBuild for Delphi (English) [WayBack] -> sf.net dzPrepBuild for Delphi / Home / Home
–jeroen
PS: a first go on a resource file structure for Version Information is below.
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| // Assemble the VersionInfo resource from the previously information included/provided by the .RC file for the project. | |
| #ifndef PRIVATEBUILD | |
| #define VER_PRIVATEBUILD VS_FF_RELEASE | |
| #else | |
| #define VER_PRIVATEBUILD VS_FF_PRIVATEBUILD | |
| #endif | |
| #ifndef PRERELEASE | |
| #define VER_PRERELEASE VS_FF_RELEASE | |
| #else | |
| #define VER_PRERELEASE VS_FF_PRERELEASE | |
| #endif | |
| #ifndef DEBUG | |
| #define VER_DEBUG VS_FF_RELEASE | |
| #else | |
| #define VER_DEBUG VS_FF_DEBUG | |
| #endif | |
| VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO | |
| FILEVERSION VER_FILEVERSION | |
| PRODUCTVERSION VER_PRODUCTVERSION | |
| FILEFLAGSMASK VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK | |
| FILEFLAGS (VER_PRIVATEBUILD|VER_PRERELEASE|VER_DEBUG) | |
| FILEOS VOS__WINDOWS32 | |
| FILETYPE VFT_APP // or VFT_DLL | |
| FILESUBTYPE VFT_UNKNOWN | |
| BEGIN | |
| BLOCK "StringFileInfo" | |
| BEGIN | |
| BLOCK "080904B0" | |
| BEGIN | |
| // VALUE "Comments", "\0\0" | |
| VALUE "CompanyName", VER_COMPANYNAME_STR | |
| VALUE "FileDescription", VER_FILEDESCRIPTION_STR | |
| VALUE "FileVersion", VER_FILEVERSION_STR | |
| VALUE "InternalName", VER_INTERNALNAME_STR | |
| VALUE "LegalCopyright", VER_LEGALCOPYRIGHT_STR | |
| // LegalTrademarks Trademarks and registered trademarks that apply to the file. This should include the full text of all notices, legal symbols, trademark numbers, and so on. This string is optional. | |
| VALUE "LegalTrademarks1", VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS1_STR | |
| VALUE "LegalTrademarks2", VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS2_STR | |
| VALUE "OriginalFilename", VER_ORIGINALFILENAME_STR | |
| #ifdef PRIVATEBUILD | |
| // VALUE "PrivateBuild" "\0\0" | |
| #endif | |
| VALUE "ProductName", VER_PRODUCTNAME_STR | |
| VALUE "ProductVersion", VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR | |
| // VALUE "SpecialBuild" "\0\0" | |
| END | |
| END | |
| BLOCK "VarFileInfo" | |
| BEGIN | |
| VALUE "Translation", 0x809,1200 | |
| END | |
| END |
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| // Copyrights used by the verious Suite projects | |
| #define VER_SUITECOPYRIGHT_STR "Copyright \251 2001-2017 Copyrightholder\0\0" | |
| #define VER_SUITETESTSCOPYRIGHT_STR "Copyright \251 2016-2017 Copyrightholder\0\0" |
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| // Name information used by all Suite projects | |
| #define VER_SUITECOMPANYNAME_STR "Suite company name\0\0" | |
| #define VER_SUITEPRODUCTNAME_STR "Suite product name\0\0" |
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| // Resources for SuiteTestsProject | |
| #include "SuiteCopyrightsForResources.inc" | |
| #include "SuiteNamesForResources.inc" | |
| #include "SuiteVersionNumberForResources.inc" | |
| #include "VsVersionForResources.inc" | |
| #define VER_COMPANYNAME_STR VER_SUITECOMPANYNAME_STR | |
| #define VER_FILEDESCRIPTION_STR "Suite Unit Tests\0\0" ///////////////////// modify for each suite part | |
| #define VER_FILEVERSION VER_SUITEVERSION | |
| #define VER_FILEVERSION_STR VER_SUITEVERSION_STR | |
| #define VER_INTERNALNAME_STR "SuiteTestsProject\0\0" //////////////////// modify for each suite part | |
| #define VER_LEGALCOPYRIGHT_STR VER_SUITETESTSCOPYRIGHT_STR | |
| #define VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS1_STR "\0\0" | |
| #define VER_LEGALTRADEMARKS2_STR "\0\0" | |
| #define VER_ORIGINALFILENAME_STR "SuiteTestsProject.exe\0\0" //////////////// modify for each suite part | |
| #define VER_PRODUCTNAME_STR VER_SUITEPRODUCTNAME_STR | |
| #define VER_PRODUCTVERSION VER_SUITEVERSION | |
| #define VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR VER_SUITEVERSION_STR | |
| #include "SuiteAssembleVersionInfoResource.inc" |
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| // Version information used by all Suite projects | |
| #define VER_SUITEVERSION 1,2,3,45 | |
| #define VER_SUITEVERSION_STR "1.2.3.45\0\0" |
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| // comments https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa380896.aspx | |
| // 1200 -> 0x04B0 (Unicode) | |
| // 0x0809 -> 1057 (U.K. English) | |
| // 0x0409 -> 1033 (U.S. English) | |
| // 1252 -> 0x04E4 (Codepage 1252 – Multilingual) | |
| // VS_VERSION_INFO resource https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa381058.aspx | |
| // StringFileInfo block https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa381049.aspx | |
| // VarFileInfo block https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa381057.aspx | |
| ///* —– VS_VERSION.dwFileFlags —– */ | |
| #define VS_FF_RELEASE 0x00000000L | |
| #define VS_FF_DEBUG 0x00000001L | |
| #define VS_FF_PRERELEASE 0x00000002L | |
| #define VS_FF_PATCHED 0x00000004L | |
| #define VS_FF_PRIVATEBUILD 0x00000008L | |
| #define VS_FF_INFOINFERRED 0x00000010L | |
| #define VS_FF_SPECIALBUILD 0x00000020L | |
| #define VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK 0x0000003FL | |
| ///* —– VS_VERSION.dwFileOS —– */ | |
| #define VOS_UNKNOWN 0x00000000L | |
| #define VOS_DOS 0x00010000L | |
| #define VOS_OS216 0x00020000L | |
| #define VOS_OS232 0x00030000L | |
| #define VOS_NT 0x00040000L | |
| #define VOS_WINCE 0x00050000L | |
| #define VOS__BASE 0x00000000L | |
| #define VOS__WINDOWS16 0x00000001L | |
| #define VOS__PM16 0x00000002L | |
| #define VOS__PM32 0x00000003L | |
| #define VOS__WINDOWS32 0x00000004L | |
| #define VOS_DOS_WINDOWS16 0x00010001L | |
| #define VOS_DOS_WINDOWS32 0x00010004L | |
| #define VOS_OS216_PM16 0x00020002L | |
| #define VOS_OS232_PM32 0x00030003L | |
| #define VOS_NT_WINDOWS32 0x00040004L | |
| ///* —– VS_VERSION.dwFileType —– */ | |
| #define VFT_UNKNOWN 0x00000000L | |
| #define VFT_APP 0x00000001L | |
| #define VFT_DLL 0x00000002L | |
| #define VFT_DRV 0x00000003L | |
| #define VFT_FONT 0x00000004L | |
| #define VFT_VXD 0x00000005L | |
| #define VFT_STATIC_LIB 0x00000007L |
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