Omitting Resources from Target Files (Win32 RC Files)

In Win32 resource (RC) files, bitmap, icon, and cursor resources as well as file includes ("#include") can be set to be omitted from the target file (for a specific language).

The Omit from Target symbol.

NOTE: This feature is available for Win32 RC files only.

How to Omit Resources

If a resource is set to be omitted from the target file, RC-WinTrans writes the line (e.g., "#include res\afxres.h") to the target file but marks it as a comment. To omit an image from the currently active target language, select the entry in the Text Table view and use the Attributes | Omit from Target File menu command from the Edit menu (Figure 1). Resources can only be omitted from one target language at a time (the one which is active when the command is used).

Figure 1: The Omit from Target File command in the Edit menu.

Figure 2: The Text Table view showing the file "OXDirDlg.rc" and the icon "DlgItemTranslPos.ico" set to be omitted from the French language target file.

NOTES ON RESOURCE VISIBILITY:

1.	To display image and icon resources in the Text Table view, activate the Project Data view and press the Show Images toolbar button there.
2.	To display file includes ("#include") in the Text Table view, check the Group: file includes check box in the Show Additional Data Types dialog box.