Resource handling

Functions providing a way to access the compiled GRC resources of the AddOn. Used to define and read the localized strings and other resources in a platform-independent manner. More...

Functions
GSResModule	ACAPI_GetOwnResModule (void)
	Returns the add-on's own resource module identifier for loading resources.
bool	ACAPI_Resource_GetLocStr (char *str, short resID, short index, GSResModule resModule=ACAPI_GetOwnResModule())
	Reads a string from an 'STR# ' string list resource.
bool	ACAPI_Resource_GetLocUStr (GS::uchar_t *str, short resID, short index, GSResModule resModule=ACAPI_GetOwnResModule())
	Reads a unicode string from an 'STR# ' string list resource.
bool	ACAPI_Resource_GetFixStr (char *str, short resID, short index, GSResModule resModule=ACAPI_GetOwnResModule())
	Reads a string from an 'STRf ' string list resource.

Detailed Description

Functions providing a way to access the compiled GRC resources of the AddOn. Used to define and read the localized strings and other resources in a platform-independent manner.

Function Documentation

ACAPI_GetOwnResModule()

GSResModule ACAPI_GetOwnResModule

(

void

)

Returns the add-on's own resource module identifier for loading resources.

Returns

• NoError - The identifier of the add-on's resource file.

Remarks

You can use the return values of this function wherever a reference to the add-on's own resource module is needed.

Example

bool    result;
 
result = RSGetIndString (&envir->addOnInfo.name, 32000, 1, ACAPI_GetOwnResModule ());

ACAPI_Resource_GetFixStr()

bool ACAPI_Resource_GetFixStr	(	char *	str,
		short	resID,
		short	index,
		GSResModule	resModule = ACAPI_GetOwnResModule() )

Reads a string from an 'STRf ' string list resource.

Parameters

str	The pointer of the string.
resID	The resource ID of the ' STRf ' resource in the GRC file.
index	The index of the string in the resource.
resModule	[in] The resource module to load the resource from. The default value is the add-on's own resource module.

Returns

• true - The string was retrieved successfully.
• false - The string wasn't retrieved.

Remarks

This function is used to load a string from a string list resource, which is not required to localize. The GRC compiler uses the ' STRf ' resource type for this purpose. The different lines in the resource will be the indices referenced by index parameter. For more information about the structure of the GRC file please refer to the GRC documentation.

ACAPI_Resource_GetLocStr()

bool ACAPI_Resource_GetLocStr	(	char *	str,
		short	resID,
		short	index,
		GSResModule	resModule = ACAPI_GetOwnResModule() )

Reads a string from an 'STR# ' string list resource.

Parameters

str	[out] The pointer of the string.
resID	[in] The resource ID of the ' STR# ' resource in the GRC file.
index	[in] The index of the string in the resource.
resModule	[in] The resource module to load the resource from. The default value is the add-on's own resource module.

Returns

• true - The string was retrieved successfully.
• false - The string wasn't retrieved.

Remarks

This function is used to load a string from a string list resource, which requires localization. The GRC compiler uses the ' STR# ' resource type for this purpose. The different lines in the resource will be the indices referenced by index parameter. For more information about the structure of the GRC file please refer to the GRC documentation.

Example

This is the according part of the GRC file:

'STR#' 32510 "Fix strings" {
/* [  1] */ "Saving the file in abc format"
/* [  2] */ "You have canceled the operation!"
}

In the source of the add-on it can be referred like this

char        own_res_str[256];
bool        succ;
 
succ = ACAPI_Resource_GetLocStr (own_res_str, 32510, 1, ACAPI_GetOwnResModule ());
 
if (succ) {
    /* Writing the string in the Report Window */
    ACAPI_WriteReport (own_res_str, false);
}

ACAPI_Resource_GetLocUStr()

bool ACAPI_Resource_GetLocUStr	(	GS::uchar_t *	str,
		short	resID,
		short	index,
		GSResModule	resModule = ACAPI_GetOwnResModule() )

Reads a unicode string from an 'STR# ' string list resource.

Parameters

str	[out] The pointer of the string.
resID	[in] The resource ID of the ' STR# ' resource in the GRC file.
index	[in] The index of the string in the resource.
resModule	[in] The resource module to load the resource from. The default value is the add-on's own resource module.

Returns

• true - The string was retrieved successfully.
• false - The string wasn't retrieved.

Remarks

This function is used to load a Unicode string from a string list resource, which requires localization. The GRC compiler uses the ' STR# ' resource type for this purpose. The different lines in the resource will be the indices referenced by index parameter. For more information about the structure of the GRC file please refer to the GRC documentation.

Example

This is the according part of the GRC file:

'STR#' 32530 "Localizable strings" {
/* [  1] */ "Saving the file in abc format"
/* [  2] */ "MISSING"
}

In the source of the add-on it can be referred like this

UC257HeadData  header;
bool           succ;
 
succ = ACAPI_Resource_GetLocUStr (header.missingName, 32530, 2, ACAPI_GetOwnResModule ());
 
if (succ) {
//  ...
}