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NAME

6       windmc - generates Windows message resources.
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SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

10       windmc reads message definitions from an input file (.mc) and translate
11       them into a set of output files.  The output files may be of four
12       kinds:
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14       "h" A C header file containing the message definitions.
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16       "rc"
17           A resource file compilable by the windres tool.
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19       "bin"
20           One or more binary files containing the resource data for a
21           specific message language.
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23       "dbg"
24           A C include file that maps message id's to their symbolic name.
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26       The exact description of these different formats is available in
27       documentation from Microsoft.
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29       When windmc converts from the "mc" format to the "bin" format, "rc",
30       "h", and optional "dbg" it is acting like the Windows Message Compiler.
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OPTIONS

33       -a
34       --ascii_in
35           Specifies that the input file specified is ANSI. This is the
36           default behaviour.
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38       -A
39       --ascii_out
40           Specifies that messages in the output "bin" files should be in ANSI
41           format.
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43       -b
44       --binprefix
45           Specifies that "bin" filenames should have to be prefixed by the
46           basename of the source file.
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48       -c
49       --customflag
50           Sets the customer bit in all message id's.
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52       -C codepage
53       --codepage_in codepage
54           Sets the default codepage to be used to convert input file to
55           UTF16. The default is ocdepage 1252.
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57       -d
58       --decimal_values
59           Outputs the constants in the header file in decimal. Default is
60           using hexadecimal output.
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62       -e ext
63       --extension ext
64           The extension for the header file. The default is .h extension.
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66       -F target
67       --target target
68           Specify the BFD format to use for a bin file as output.  This is a
69           BFD target name; you can use the --help option to see a list of
70           supported targets.  Normally windmc will use the default format,
71           which is the first one listed by the --help option.
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73       -h path
74       --headerdir path
75           The target directory of the generated header file. The default is
76           the current directory.
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78       -H
79       --help
80           Displays a list of command line options and then exits.
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82       -m characters
83       --maxlength characters
84           Instructs windmc to generate a warning if the length of any message
85           exceeds the number specified.
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87       -n
88       --nullterminate
89           Terminate message text in "bin" files by zero. By default they are
90           terminated by CR/LF.
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92       -o
93       --hresult_use
94           Not yet implemented. Instructs "windmc" to generate an OLE2 header
95           file, using HRESULT definitions. Status codes are used if the flag
96           is not specified.
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98       -O codepage
99       --codepage_out codepage
100           Sets the default codepage to be used to output text files. The
101           default is ocdepage 1252.
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103       -r path
104       --rcdir path
105           The target directory for the generated "rc" script and the
106           generated "bin" files that the resource compiler script includes.
107           The default is the current directory.
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109       -u
110       --unicode_in
111           Specifies that the input file is UTF16.
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113       -U
114       --unicode_out
115           Specifies that messages in the output "bin" file should be in UTF16
116           format. This is the default behaviour.
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118       -v
119       --verbose
120           Enable verbose mode.
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122       -V
123       --version
124           Prints the version number for windmc.
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126       -x path
127       --xdgb path
128           The path of the "dbg" C include file that maps message id's to the
129           symbolic name. No such file is generated without specifying the
130           switch.
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132       @file
133           Read command-line options from file.  The options read are inserted
134           in place of the original @file option.  If file does not exist, or
135           cannot be read, then the option will be treated literally, and not
136           removed.
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138           Options in file are separated by whitespace.  A whitespace
139           character may be included in an option by surrounding the entire
140           option in either single or double quotes.  Any character (including
141           a backslash) may be included by prefixing the character to be
142           included with a backslash.  The file may itself contain additional
143           @file options; any such options will be processed recursively.
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SEE ALSO

146       the Info entries for binutils.
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COPYRIGHT

149       Copyright (c) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
150       2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free
151       Software Foundation, Inc.
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153       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
154       under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
155       any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
156       Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
157       Texts.  A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU
158       Free Documentation License".
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162binutils-2.20                     2009-10-16                         WINDMC(1)