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NAME

6       windmc - generates Windows message resources
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SYNOPSIS

9       windmc [options] input-file
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DESCRIPTION

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

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

148       the Info entries for binutils.
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COPYRIGHT

151       Copyright (c) 1991-2023 Free 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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