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WRC(1)			     Wine Developers Manual			  WRC(1)

NAME
     wrc - Wine Resource Compiler

SYNOPSIS
     wrc [options] [inputfile...]

DESCRIPTION
     wrc  compiles  resources from inputfile into win16 and win32 compatible bi-
     nary format.

     The source file is preprocessed with a builtin ANSI-C compatible preproces-
     sor before the resources are compiled. See PREPROCESSOR below.

     wrc takes a series of inputfile as argument. The resources  are  read  from
     standard  input  if no inputfile is given. If the output file is not speci-
     fied with -o, then wrc will write the  output  to	inputfile.res  with  .rc
     stripped, or to wrc.tab.res if no inputfile was given.

OPTIONS
     -D, --define=id[=val]
	    Define  preprocessor  identifier  id to (optionally) value val.  See
	    also PREPROCESSOR below.

     --debug=nn
	    Set debug level to nn. The value is a bitmask consisting  of  1=ver-
	    bose, 2=dump internals, 4=resource parser trace, 8=preprocessor mes-
	    sages, 16=preprocessor scanner and 32=preprocessor parser trace.

     -E     Preprocess only. The output is written to standard output if no out-
	    putfile  was  selected. The output is compatible with what gcc would
	    generate.

     -h, --help
	    Prints a summary message and exits.

     -i, --input=file
	    The name of the input file. If this option is  not	used,  then  wrc
	    will  use  the  first non-option argument as the input file name. If
	    there are no non-option arguments, then wrc will read from	standard
	    input.

     -I, --include-dir=path
	    Add  path  to  the list of directories to search for includes. It is
	    allowed to specify -I multiple times. Include files are searched  in
	    the order in which the -I options were specified.
	    The  search  is  compatible with gcc, in which '<>' quoted filenames
	    are searched exclusively via the  -I  set  path,  whereas  the  '""'
	    quoted  filenames are first tried to be opened in the current direc-
	    tory. Also resource statements with file references are  located  in
	    the same way.

     -J, --input-format=format
	    Sets the input format. Valid options are 'rc' or 'rc16'. Setting the
	    input to 'rc16' disables the recognition of win32 keywords.

     -l, --language=lang
	    Set  default  language  to	lang.  Default is the neutral language 0
	    (i.e. "LANGUAGE 0, 0").

     -m16, -m32, -m64
	    Generate resources for 16-bit, 32-bit or  64-bit  platforms  respec-
	    tively.   The  only  difference between 32-bit and 64-bit is whether
	    the _WIN64 preprocessor symbol is defined.

     --nls-dir=dir
	    Specify the directory to search for the  NLS  files  containing  the
	    codepage mapping tables.

     --nostdinc
	    Do not search the standard include path, look for include files only
	    in the directories explicitly specified with the -I option.

     --no-use-temp-file
	    Ignored for compatibility with windres.

     -o, -fo, --output=file
	    Write  output to file. Default is inputfile.res with .rc stripped or
	    wrc.tab.res if input is read from standard input.

     -O, --output-format=format
	    Sets the output format. The supported formats are po, pot, res,  and
	    res16.  If this option is not specified, the format defaults to res.
	    In	po  mode,  if  an  output file name is specified it must match a
	    known language name, like en_US.po; only resources for the specified
	    language are output. If no output file name is specified, a separate
	    .po file is created for every language encountered in the input.

     --pedantic
	    Enable pedantic warnings. Notably redefinition of #define statements
	    can be discovered with this option.

     --po-dir=dir
	    Enable the generation of resource translations  based  on  mo  files
	    loaded  from the specified directory. That directory must follow the
	    gettext convention, in particular it must contain one .mo  file  for
	    each language, and a LINGUAS file listing the available languages.

     -r     Ignored for compatibility with rc.

     --preprocessor=program
	    This  option may be used to specify the preprocessor to use, includ-
	    ing any leading arguments. If not specified, wrc  uses  its  builtin
	    processor.	To disable preprocessing, use --preprocessor=cat.

     --sysroot=dir
	    Prefix the standard include paths with dir.

     --utf8, -u
	    Set the default codepage of the input file to UTF-8.

     -U, --undefine=id
	    Undefine  preprocessor  identifier id.  Please note that only macros
	    defined up to this point are undefined  by	this  command.	However,
	    these  include the special macros defined automatically by wrc.  See
	    also PREPROCESSOR below.

     --use-temp-file
	    Ignored for compatibility with windres.

     -v, --verbose
	    Turns on verbose mode (equivalent to -d 1).

     --version
	    Print version and exit.

PREPROCESSOR
     The preprocessor is ANSI-C compatible with some of the  extensions  of  the
     gcc preprocessor.

     The  preprocessor recognizes these directives: #include, #define (both sim-
     ple and macro), #undef, #if, #ifdef, #ifndef, #elif, #else, #endif, #error,
     #warning, #line, # (both  null-  and  line-directive),  #pragma  (ignored),
     #ident (ignored).

     The preprocessor sets by default several defines:
     - RC_INVOKED      set to 1
     - __WRC__	       Major version of wrc
     - __WRC_MINOR__   Minor version of wrc
     - __WRC_PATCHLEVEL__   Patch level

     Win32 compilation mode also sets _WIN32 to 1.

     Special  macros  __FILE__,  __LINE__, __TIME__ and __DATE__ are also recog-
     nized and expand to their respective equivalent.

LANGUAGE SUPPORT
     Language, version and characteristics can be bound to  all  resource  types
     that  have inline data, such as RCDATA. This is an extension to Microsoft's
     resource compiler, which lacks this support  completely.  Only  VERSIONINFO
     cannot  have version and characteristics attached, but languages are propa-
     gated properly if you declare it correctly before the VERSIONINFO	resource
     starts.

     Example:

     1 RCDATA DISCARDABLE
     LANGUAGE 1, 0
     VERSION 312
     CHARACTERISTICS 876
     {
	  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, "and whatever more data you want"
	  '00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08'
     }

AUTHORS
     wrc  was written by Bertho A. Stultiens and is a nearly complete rewrite of
     the first wine resource compiler (1994) by Martin von  Loewis.   Additional
     resource  types  were  contributed  by Ulrich Czekalla and Albert den Haan.
     Many cleanups by Dimitrie O. Paun in 2002-2003.  Bugfixes	have  been  con-
     tributed by many Wine developers.

BUGS
     - The preprocessor recognizes variable argument macros, but does not expand
     them correctly.
     -	Error reporting should be more precise, as currently the column and line
     number reported are those of the next token.
     - Default memory options should differ between win16 and win32.

     There is no support for:
     - RT_DLGINCLUDE, RT_VXD, RT_PLUGPLAY and RT_HTML (unknown format)
     - PUSHBOX control is unsupported due to lack of original functionality.

     Fonts are parsed and generated, but there is no support for the  generation
     of the FONTDIR yet. The user must supply the FONTDIR resource in the source
     to match the FONT resources.

     Bugs can be reported on the Wine bug tracker.

AVAILABILITY
     wrc  is  part  of the Wine distribution, which is available through WineHQ,
     the Wine development headquarters.

SEE ALSO
     wine(1),
     Wine documentation and support.

Wine 11.12			  October 2005				  WRC(1)

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