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What is ResEdit?

ResEdit is a free Resource Editor for Win32 programs. You can use it if you want to use dialogs, icon, version information or other types of resources. Output files can be compiled by any Win32 compiler, like MinGW and Microsoft Visual C++. To open a file which uses Win32 API symbolic constants, you will also need Win32 header files (usually coming with you compiler).

If you don't have any C++ compiler, you will need the Win32 headers (mainly windows.h and commctrl.h). You can download the Windows® Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK to get these files.

Download

The current version of ResEdit is 1.4.5.4

Unicode build (437 Ko) [Download]
ANSI build (437 Ko) [Download]

ResEdit does not have any setup program, you just have to extract the files contained in the archive in the directory of your choice. You can consult the changelog.

Donate

ResEdit is a freeware program. You can donate if you want to support ResEdit development.

Thank you in advance!

Documentation

ResEdit online documentation is available on this page.

Features

Importing rc files generated by Microsoft Visual Studio resource editor.
Supported formats : Resource Script (rc), Compiled Resource Script (res), Win32 Portable Executable (exe, dll).
Format conversion in command-line mode.
Advanced Dialog editor. All existing kind of Win32 controls are supported (Static text, Buttons, Edit controls, Pictures, ...).
A basic picture editor to open and modify bitmaps, icons and cursors
Possibility to include all sort of resources.
Generation of C++ code for the Dialogs (code with CreateWindowEx) and Menus (CreateMenu, CreatePopupMenu...). However it is not possible to import C++ sources files.
Unlimited Undo/Redo buffers
Customizable layout : you can drag and drop panels to place it wherever you want.

Translations

You can help me if you want to translate ResEdit into your language. This file contains all character strings which can be translated. To create a new language, you just have to begin a new column with your language name.

Please send me your txt ou modified xls file, even if your translation is incomplete. It will be released on this site.

Screenshots

You will find some screenshots on this page