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                   The Resource Compiler RCDATA Statement
 
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-definition 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.
 
Field            Description
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
resource-id      Specifies the custom-data identifier. This value must be an
                 integer in the range 0 through 65,535, or a simple
                 expression that evaluates to a value in that range.
 
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 5
BEGIN
    "E. A. Poe", 1849, -32, 3L, 0x8000000l, 3+4+5
END
 
See Also
 
DosGetResource
 
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