NAME
windmc - generates Windows message resources.
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
windmc reads message definitions from an input file (.mc) and
translate them into a set of output files. The output files may be of
four kinds:
A C header file containing the message definitions.
A resource file compilable by the windres tool.
One or more binary files containing the resource data for a specific
message language.
A C include file that maps message id's to their symbolic name.
The exact description of these different formats is available in
documentation from Microsoft.
When windmc converts from the CWmc format to the CWbin
format, CWrc, CWh, and optional CWdbg it is acting like the
Windows Message Compiler.
OPTIONS
"-a"
"--ascii_in"
Specifies that the input file specified is \s-1ANSI\s0. This is the default
behaviour.
"-A"
"--ascii_out"
Specifies that messages in the output CWbin files should be in \s-1ANSI\s0
format.
"-b"
"--binprefix"
Specifies that CWbin filenames should have to be prefixed by the
basename of the source file.
"-c"
"--customflag"
Sets the customer bit in all message id's.
"-C
"--codepage_in
Sets the default codepage to be used to convert input file to \s-1UTF16\s0. The
default is ocdepage 1252.
"-d"
"--decimal_values"
Outputs the constants in the header file in decimal. Default is using
hexadecimal output.
"-e
"--extension
The extension for the header file. The default is .h extension.
"-F
"--target
Specify the \s-1BFD\s0 format to use for a bin file as output. This
is a \s-1BFD\s0 target name; you can use the --help option to see a list
of supported targets. Normally windmc will use the default
format, which is the first one listed by the --help option.
"-h
"--headerdir
The target directory of the generated header file. The default is the
current directory.
"-H"
"--help"
Displays a list of command line options and then exits.
"-m
"--maxlength
Instructs windmc to generate a warning if the length
of any message exceeds the number specified.
"-n"
"--nullterminate"
Terminate message text in CWbin files by zero. By default they are
terminated by \s-1CR/LF\s0.
"-o"
"--hresult_use"
Not yet implemented. Instructs CWwindmc to generate an \s-1OLE2\s0 header
file, using \s-1HRESULT\s0 definitions. Status codes are used if the flag is not
specified.
"-O
"--codepage_out
Sets the default codepage to be used to output text files. The default
is ocdepage 1252.
"-r
"--rcdir
The target directory for the generated CWrc script and the generated
CWbin files that the resource compiler script includes. The default
is the current directory.
"-u"
"--unicode_in"
Specifies that the input file is \s-1UTF16\s0.
"-U"
"--unicode_out"
Specifies that messages in the output CWbin file should be in \s-1UTF16\s0
format. This is the default behaviour.
"-v"
"--verbose"
Enable verbose mode. This tells you what the preprocessor is if you
didn't specify one.
"-V"
"--version"
Prints the version number for windres.
"-x
"--xdgb
The path of the CWdbg C include file that maps message id's to the
symbolic name. No such file is generated without specifying the switch.
"@file"
Read command-line options from file. The options read are
inserted in place of the original @file option. If file
does not exist, or cannot be read, then the option will be treated
literally, and not removed.
Options in file are separated by whitespace. A whitespace
character may be included in an option by surrounding the entire
option in either single or double quotes. Any character (including a
backslash) may be included by prefixing the character to be included
with a backslash. The file may itself contain additional
@file options; any such options will be processed recursively.
SEE ALSO
the Info entries for binutils.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
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