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Resource Hacker™ - Version 3.4.0
24 march 2002.
Copyright 1999-2002 Angus Johnson
http://rpi.net.au/~ajohnson/resourcehacker
email: [email protected]
FREEWARE utility to view, modify, add, rename
and delete resources in Win32 executables and
resource files. Incorporates an internal
resource compiler and decompiler. Works on
Win9x, WinNT, Win2000 and WinXP.
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Summary:
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Resource Hacker™ has been designed to:
1. View resources in Win32 executable files
(*.exe, *.dll, *.cpl, *.ocx) and in Win32
resource files (*.res) in both their compiled
and decompiled formats.
2. Extract (save) resources to file in:
*.res format; as a binary; or as decompiled
resource scripts or images.
Icons, bitmaps, cursors, menus, dialogs,
string tables, message tables, accelerators,
Borland forms and version info resources can
be fully decompiled into their respective
formats, whether as image files or *.rc text
files.
3. Modify (rename or replace) resources in
executables. Image resources (icons, cursors
and bitmaps) can be replaced with an image from
a corresponding image file (*.ico, *.cur, *.bmp),
a *.res file or even another *.exe file.
Dialogs, menus, stringtables, accelerators and
messagetable resource scripts (and also Borland
forms) can be edited and recompiled using the
internal resource script editor.
Resources can also be replaced with resources
from a *.res file as long as the replacement
resource is of the same type and has the same
name.
4. Add new resources to executables.
Enable a program to support multiple languages,
or add a custom icon or bitmap (company logo
etc) to a program's dialog.
5. Delete resources.
Most compilers add resources into applications
which are never used by the application.
Removing these unused resources can reduce an
application's size.
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Latest changes:
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* 32bit Resource Files (*.res) can now also
be viewed and edited.
* Added support for the following Dialog
extended style flags: WS_EX_LAYERED,
WS_EX_NOINHERITLAYOUT, WS_EX_LAYOUTRTL and
WS_EX_NOACTIVATE.
* All resource language ids (except those for
cursors and icons) can now be easily changed.
* Bug Fix: LBS_NOINTEGRALHEIGHT and
LBS_MULTICOLUMN listbox style flags in dialogs
previously could not be combined.
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Note regarding WinXP and Visual Styles:
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* Adding a manifest resource to Resource Hacker™
will cause intermittent problems when viewing
or editing dialogs - so I don't recommend it :)
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Known limitations:
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1. Resource Hacker™ will not read 16bit executables.
2. Resource Hacker™ is currently compiled with
Delphi 3.02. When decompiling and recompiling
Borland's Delphi forms in applications compiled
with later version of Delphi, there may be errors
in the recompiled forms if frames have been used
to create the form. This error is due to the DFM
keyword 'inline' not being recognized. While
decompiling, the 'inline' keyword will be replaced
by 'object' and, if manually corrected before
recompiling, 'inline' will be rejected by the
Resource Hacker™ compiler.
3. To reduce the size of application files, some
applications are "packed" or "compressed" using
an EXE compressor after they have been compiled.
This has a side-effect of making it more difficult
to view and modify resources. When a "compressed"
executable is viewed with Resource Hacker™, only
resource types and names will be visible but not
the actual resources.
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Licence Agreement:
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This Resource Hacker™ software is released as
freeware provided that you agree to the
following terms and conditions:
1. This software is not to be distributed via
any website domain or any other media without
the prior written approval of the copyright owner.
2. This software is not to be used in any way to
illegally modify software.
DISCLAIMER: A user of this Resource Hacker™
software acknowledges that he or she is
receiving this software on an "as is" basis
and the user is not relying on the accuracy
or functionality of the software for any purpose.
The user further acknowledges that any use of
this software will be at the user's own risk
and the copyright owner accepts no responsibility
whatsoever arising from the use or application of
the software.
