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| <h2 class="chapter">12 windmc</h2> |
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| <p><samp><span class="command">windmc</span></samp> may be used to generator Windows message resources. |
| |
| <blockquote> |
| <em>Warning:</em> <samp><span class="command">windmc</span></samp> is not always built as part of the binary |
| utilities, since it is only useful for Windows targets. |
| </blockquote> |
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| <!-- man title windmc generates Windows message resources. --> |
| <pre class="smallexample"> <!-- man begin SYNOPSIS windmc --> |
| windmc [options] input-file |
| <!-- man end --> |
| </pre> |
| <!-- man begin DESCRIPTION windmc --> |
| <p><samp><span class="command">windmc</span></samp> 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: |
| |
| <dl> |
| <dt><code>h</code><dd>A C header file containing the message definitions. |
| |
| <br><dt><code>rc</code><dd>A resource file compilable by the <samp><span class="command">windres</span></samp> tool. |
| |
| <br><dt><code>bin</code><dd>One or more binary files containing the resource data for a specific |
| message language. |
| |
| <br><dt><code>dbg</code><dd>A C include file that maps message id's to their symbolic name. |
| </dl> |
| |
| <p>The exact description of these different formats is available in |
| documentation from Microsoft. |
| |
| <p>When <samp><span class="command">windmc</span></samp> converts from the <code>mc</code> format to the <code>bin</code> |
| format, <code>rc</code>, <code>h</code>, and optional <code>dbg</code> it is acting like the |
| Windows Message Compiler. |
| |
| <!-- man end --> |
| <!-- man begin OPTIONS windmc --> |
| <dl> |
| <dt><samp><span class="env">-a</span></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">--ascii_in</span></samp><dd>Specifies that the input file specified is ASCII. This is the default |
| behaviour. |
| |
| <br><dt><samp><span class="env">-A</span></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">--ascii_out</span></samp><dd>Specifies that messages in the output <code>bin</code> files should be in ASCII |
| format. |
| |
| <br><dt><samp><span class="env">-b</span></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">--binprefix</span></samp><dd>Specifies that <code>bin</code> filenames should have to be prefixed by the |
| basename of the source file. |
| |
| <br><dt><samp><span class="env">-c</span></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">--customflag</span></samp><dd>Sets the customer bit in all message id's. |
| |
| <br><dt><samp><span class="env">-C </span><var>codepage</var></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">--codepage_in </span><var>codepage</var></samp><dd>Sets the default codepage to be used to convert input file to UTF16. The |
| default is ocdepage 1252. |
| |
| <br><dt><samp><span class="env">-d</span></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">--decimal_values</span></samp><dd>Outputs the constants in the header file in decimal. Default is using |
| hexadecimal output. |
| |
| <br><dt><samp><span class="env">-e </span><var>ext</var></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">--extension </span><var>ext</var></samp><dd>The extension for the header file. The default is .h extension. |
| |
| <br><dt><samp><span class="env">-F </span><var>target</var></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">--target </span><var>target</var></samp><dd>Specify the BFD format to use for a bin file as output. This |
| is a BFD target name; you can use the <samp><span class="option">--help</span></samp> option to see a list |
| of supported targets. Normally <samp><span class="command">windmc</span></samp> will use the default |
| format, which is the first one listed by the <samp><span class="option">--help</span></samp> option. |
| <a href="Target-Selection.html#Target-Selection">Target Selection</a>. |
| |
| <br><dt><samp><span class="env">-h </span><var>path</var></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">--headerdir </span><var>path</var></samp><dd>The target directory of the generated header file. The default is the |
| current directory. |
| |
| <br><dt><samp><span class="env">-H</span></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">--help</span></samp><dd>Displays a list of command line options and then exits. |
| |
| <br><dt><samp><span class="env">-m </span><var>characters</var></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">--maxlength </span><var>characters</var></samp><dd>Instructs <samp><span class="command">windmc</span></samp> to generate a warning if the length |
| of any message exceeds the number specified. |
| |
| <br><dt><samp><span class="env">-n</span></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">--nullterminate</span></samp><dd>Terminate message text in <code>bin</code> files by zero. By default they are |
| terminated by CR/LF. |
| |
| <br><dt><samp><span class="env">-o</span></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">--hresult_use</span></samp><dd>Not yet implemented. Instructs <code>windmc</code> to generate an OLE2 header |
| file, using HRESULT definitions. Status codes are used if the flag is not |
| specified. |
| |
| <br><dt><samp><span class="env">-O </span><var>codepage</var></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">--codepage_out </span><var>codepage</var></samp><dd>Sets the default codepage to be used to output text files. The default |
| is ocdepage 1252. |
| |
| <br><dt><samp><span class="env">-r </span><var>path</var></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">--rcdir </span><var>path</var></samp><dd>The target directory for the generated <code>rc</code> script and the generated |
| <code>bin</code> files that the resource compiler script includes. The default |
| is the current directory. |
| |
| <br><dt><samp><span class="env">-u</span></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">--unicode_in</span></samp><dd>Specifies that the input file is UTF16. |
| |
| <br><dt><samp><span class="env">-U</span></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">--unicode_out</span></samp><dd>Specifies that messages in the output <code>bin</code> file should be in UTF16 |
| format. This is the default behaviour. |
| |
| <br><dt><samp><span class="env">-v</span></samp><br><dt><samp><span class="env">--verbose</span></samp><dd>Enable verbose mode. |
| |
| <br><dt><samp><span class="env">-V</span></samp><br><dt><samp><span class="env">--version</span></samp><dd>Prints the version number for <samp><span class="command">windmc</span></samp>. |
| |
| <br><dt><samp><span class="env">-x </span><var>path</var></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">--xdgb </span><var>path</var></samp><dd>The path of the <code>dbg</code> C include file that maps message id's to the |
| symbolic name. No such file is generated without specifying the switch. |
| </dl> |
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