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- Resource Hacker - Version 2.4.0.4
-
- 18 August 2000.
- Copyright 1999-2000 Angus Johnson
-
- http://rpi.net.au/~ajohnson/resourcehacker
-
- FREEWARE utility to view, modify,
- and add resources in Win32 executables.
- Incorporates an internal resource decompiler and
- compiler. Works on both Win9x and WinNt.
-
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- Summary:
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-
- Resource Hacker has been designed to:
-
- 1. View resources in Win32 executable and
- related files (*.exe, *.dll, *.cpl, *.ocx) in
- both 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 (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.
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- History:
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-
- 18 August 2000 (Version 2.4.0.4):
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- * Bug Fix: Would not compile some Chinese text.
-
- * Improved translation support. Scripts are now
- compiled using the codepage appropriate to the
- internal editor's selected font rather than the
- operating system's default codepage.
-
- (Thanks to Frank Cheng for feedback while fixing
- both these DBCS issues.)
-
- * Bug fix: Occasionally StringTable resources
- would not be decompiled.
-
- * Bug fix: Accelerators would not compile if they
- included the ASCII keyword.
-
- * The command line will now accept a filename
- as a parameter.
-
- * The Samples.dll file is no longer included
- in the download.
-
- * Homepage added:
- http://rpi.net.au/~ajohnson/resourcehacker.
-
-
- 3 July 2000 (Version 2.4.0.3):
-
- * Bug Fix: Bug introduced with changes in the
- previous update which caused an error in
- "Update all Resources" preventing any updates.
-
- * Bug Fix: Occasional bug when extracting
- resources to a RES file.
-
- * A couple of very minor improvements to the
- compiler have also been made.
-
-
- 26 May 2000 (Version 2.4.0.2):
-
- * Multibyte character set support (Japanese,
- Chinese etc) for the internal editor has been
- added (with thanks to Bob Ishida for feedback
- during debugging).
-
- * Bug fix: Cursors with multiple images were not
- being correctly imported when replacing cursors.
-
- * Numerous other improvements and cosmetic changes.
-
- * A number of documentation errors in the
- help file have also been fixed.
-
-
- 20 Apr 2000 (Version 2.3.0.6):
-
- * The JPG and MIDI data formats are now
- detected and displayed or played.
-
- * Bug Fix: WAVE, AVI and GIF formats were
- not being detected in the RCDATA section.
-
- * Bug Fix: The folder where resource data
- was last saved was not being stored between
- sessions.
-
- 16 Apr 2000 (Version 2.3.0.5):
-
- * The AVI and WAVE data formats are now
- detected and displayed or played.
-
- * The GIF data format is now detected and
- displayed (with thanks to Anders Melander
- for TGifImage).
-
- * A number of sample resources have been
- removed from the Resource Hacker executable
- and placed in "Samples.dll". (This dll can be
- deleted without affecting Resource Hacker.)
-
- 13 Feb 2000 (Version 2.3.0.3):
-
- * The editor's font can now be changed.
- This enables changes to the editor's
- font script (character code) which is
- useful when translating resources.
-
- * Menu editor [Show/Hide] button added.
-
- * Coloured treeview cursor removed :-(.
-
- * Dialog controls now have coordinates
- displayed when selected too. (see
- version 2.3.0.2).
-
- 11 Feb 2000 (Version 2.3.0.2):
-
- *Bug Fix: Major modifications to dll's still
- occasionally failed. Now finally fixed.
-
- *The treeview window width can now be
- adjusted.
-
- *Resource Hacker's window size and position
- is now stored between sessions (in an *ini
- file ) as are the folders for the last opened
- and saved files.
-
- *While moving or resizing dialog controls -
- the control coordinates (in dialog units)
- are now displayed in the panel located above
- the dialog script.
-
-
- 9 Feb 2000 (Version 2.3.0.1):
-
- *Resources can now be added.
-
- *LANGUAGE statements in resource scripts are
- no longer "read-only".
-
- *Resources can now be updated with all
- matching resources in an external resource
- file (*.res) in a single operation.
-
- *Bug Fix: Replacing cursors & icons from
- resource files (*.res) was broken.
-
-
- 1 Feb 2000 (Version 2.2.0.1):
-
- *Bug Fix: Modifying dll's occasionally
- stopped them working (the relative virtual
- addresses of sections following the resource
- section were not being adjusted).
-
- *MESSAGETABLE and ACCELERATOR resources can
- now also be edited and recompiled using the
- internal editor.
-
- *Dialogs will be displayed even when they
- contain unregistered controls (a gray
- rectangle will appear in the position of
- each unregistered control).
-
- *Dialog editor now compiles controls defined
- by using either of the following styles:
-
- CONTROL text, control-ID, control-class,
- control-style, x, y, width, height
-
- CLASS_MAIN_STYLE text, control-ID,
- x, y, width, height, control-style
-
- *Modified files now preserve the original
- file date and time.
-
- *Resources (menus, dialogs, stringtables,
- accelerators & messagetables) can now be saved
- in a single operation to a single *.rc file.
-
- *Numerous other minor improvements.
-
-
- 17 Jan 2000 (Version 2.1.1.4):
-
- *Bug Fix: Memory leak fixed.
-
- *Bug Fix: Numeric captions in dialog
- resources were not compiled correctly.
-
- *Resources can now be saved to file as a binary.
-
- *Improved handling of special characters (tab,
- newline, backslash & doublequote) in resource
- scripts.
-
- *Dialog resource forms and controls can now be
- visually moved and resized.
-
-
- 2 Jan 2000 (Version 2.0.1.2):
-
- *DIALOG, DIALOGEX, MENU, MENUEX, STRINGTABLE
- and BORLAND FORM resources can now be edited
- and recompiled using the internal editor.
-
- *Bug Fix - large resources which were
- displayed as hexidecimal took forever to load.
- The display algorithm for these resources is
- now much faster.
-
- *Bug Fix - Tab and Newline characters are now
- converted to \t and \n respectively in
- dialog script control captions.
-
- *Bitmap Exchange Dialog added - enables
- viewing of bitmaps while selecting.
-
- *Individual icons are no longer scaled but
- are displayed at their actual size.
-
- *Files can now be opened by dragging them
- into Resource Hacker.
-
-
- 12 Dec 1999 (version 1.0.0.5):
-
- *Bug Fix - Exchanging cursors from *.cur files
- was broken.
-
- *Bug Fix - Menu resource scripts did not always
- decompile correctly.
-
- * Icon & Cursor Exchange Dialogs now display
- selected images.
-
- *Icons & cursor resources are now hidden in
- the 'Exchange Other Resources' dialog.
-
- *MENUEX and DIALOGEX resource scripts are now
- properly supported.
-
- *Resource scripts now decompile control style
- attributes too.
-
- *Borland Delphi form files now decompiled.
-
- *Accelerators now decompiled.
-
- *Help file added.
-
-
- 03 Dec 1999 (version 0.5.0.1):
-
- *Initial Release.
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- Licence Agreement:
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-
- This program has been released as freeware
- under the following conditions:
-
- 1. It is not to be distributed via the internet
- or via any other media without the prior approval
- of the author. In particular, it is not to be
- made available from internet sites which promote
- the illegal modification of software.
-
- 2. It is not used in such a way as to modify the
- copyright notice of this or any other computer
- program, to in any way disguise the registered
- user or owner of any software, or to in any way
- illegally modify software.
-
- 3. No guarantee of performance is given.
- Any damage to software resulting from using this
- software will be the responsibility of the user.
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