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         lazres resourcefilename @filelist
 
         lazres resourcefilename @filelist
  
To create a resource file MYRES.RES with two .png graphics files use:
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To create a resource file MYRES.RES with two .bmp graphics files use:
  lazres MYRES.RES MyPng1.png=TIMG1 MyPng2.png=TIMG1
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  lazres MYRES.RES MyImage1.bmp=IMG1 MyImage2.bmp=IMG2
  
 
A resource file can be of type:
 
A resource file can be of type:
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|<tt>.RC</tt> || resource description file || plaintext ||
 
|<tt>.RC</tt> || resource description file || plaintext ||
 
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|-
|<tt>.LRS</tt> || lazarus (pascal) resource  ||  plaintext || default
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|<tt>.LRS</tt> || lazarus (pascal) resource  ||  plaintext ||
 
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|<tt>.RES</tt> || compiled resource || binary ||
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|<tt>.RES</tt> || compiled resource || binary || default
 
|}
 
|}
  
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=== .lrs ===
 
=== .lrs ===
 
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Include .res file in the [[initialization]] section
Include .res file in the initialization section
 
  
 
<syntaxhighlight lang=pascal>
 
<syntaxhighlight lang=pascal>
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=== .res ===
 
=== .res ===
 
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Load .res file in the [[implementation]] section
Load .res file in the implementation section
 
 
   
 
   
 
<syntaxhighlight lang=pascal>
 
<syntaxhighlight lang=pascal>
 
implementation
 
implementation
 
   // .RES files are binary resources and can be loaded
 
   // .RES files are binary resources and can be loaded
{$R MyResources.res}
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  {$R MyResources.res}
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var
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  img: TImage;
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begin
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  img.Picture.Bitmap.LoadFromResourceName( hInstance, 'IMG1' );
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end;
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</syntaxhighlight>
 
</syntaxhighlight>

Revision as of 21:50, 29 June 2020

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Light bulb  Note: Since Lazarus v1.4.0, Lazarus has switched to .res format instead of .lrs; see Lazarus_1.4.0_release_notes.
To create .res resource files you can use either lazres or winres

lazres is a lazarus resource tool to create and convert .rc, .lrs and .res files.

Lazres can be found as <root>/lazarus/tools/lazres.lpi and might need to be compiled. In Ubuntu installations lazres is precompiled available in /usr/bin

Usage: lazres resourcefilename filename1[=resname1] [filename2[=resname2] ... filenameN=resname[N]]
       lazres resourcefilename @filelist

To create a resource file MYRES.RES with two .bmp graphics files use:

lazres MYRES.RES MyImage1.bmp=IMG1 MyImage2.bmp=IMG2

A resource file can be of type:

.RC resource description file plaintext
.LRS lazarus (pascal) resource plaintext
.RES compiled resource binary default

Using resources

.lrs

Include .res file in the initialization section

initialization
  // .LRS files are plain-text pascal statements and need unit LResources to be included
 {$I MyResources.lrs}
end.

.res

Load .res file in the implementation section

implementation
  // .RES files are binary resources and can be loaded
  {$R MyResources.res}

var 
  img: TImage; 
begin
  img.Picture.Bitmap.LoadFromResourceName( hInstance, 'IMG1' );
end;