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From: resnicks@netcom.COM (Steve Resnick)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Borland C++ 2.0
Message-ID: <24313@netcom.COM>
Date: 16 Feb 91 15:54:48 GMT
References: <1991Feb14.151804.6890@athena.mit.edu> <1991Feb14.204813.26432@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <1134@gistdev.gist.com>
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In article <1134@gistdev.gist.com> flint@gistdev.gist.com (Flint Pellett) writes:
>so@brownie.cs.wisc.edu (Bryan S. So) writes:
>
>>The brochure says:
>
>>    Borland C++ gives you everything you need to generate
>>    Windows programs and Dynamic Link Libraries (DLL's).
>>    And with the included Whitewater Resource Toolkit, you
>>    can visually create icons, bit maps, dialogs, menus and
>>    other essentials for your Windows applications.  Even
>>    better, since Borland C++ gives you the MS Windows
>>    header file and resource compiler, you don't need the
>>    MS SDK.
>
>>I don't really know what a resource compiler is, can somebody
>>explain? 

A resource compiler is a tool which allows you to (much more simply than
in C code) define the resources in your application. Resources are things
like menus, dialog boxes, bitmaps, icons, etc. I have not worked with 
Windows development before, but I do presentation manager code occasionally,
and the MS PM SDK has a resource compiler as part of the package. From
reading Borland's intro on TC++ 2.0, that is what I believe they are 
talking about (Hey! Don't change my buzzwords on me!)


Cheers!
Steve

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