windmc may be used to generator Windows message resources.
Warning:
windmcis not always built as part of the binary utilities, since it is only useful for Windows targets.
windmc [options] input-file
windmc reads message definitions from an input file (.mc) and translate them into a set of output files. The output files may be of four kinds:
hA C header file containing the message definitions.
rcA resource file compilable by the windres tool.
binOne or more binary files containing the resource data for a specific message language.
dbgA C include file that maps message ids to their symbolic name.
The exact description of these different formats is available in documentation from Microsoft.
When windmc converts from the mc format to the bin format, rc, h, and optional dbg it is acting like the Windows Message Compiler.
-a--ascii_inSpecifies that the input file specified is ASCII. This is the default behaviour.
-A--ascii_outSpecifies that messages in the output bin files should be in ASCII format.
-b--binprefixSpecifies that bin filenames should have to be prefixed by the basename of the source file.
-c--customflagSets the customer bit in all message ids.
-C codepage--codepage_in codepageSets the default codepage to be used to convert input file to UTF16. The default is ocdepage 1252.
-d--decimal_valuesOutputs the constants in the header file in decimal. Default is using hexadecimal output.
-e ext--extension extThe extension for the header file. The default is .h extension.
-F target--target targetSpecify the BFD format to use for a bin file as output. This is a BFD target name; you can use the --help option to see a list of supported targets. Normally windmc will use the default format, which is the first one listed by the --help option. Target Selection.
-h path--headerdir pathThe target directory of the generated header file. The default is the current directory.
-H--helpDisplays a list of command-line options and then exits.
-m characters--maxlength charactersInstructs windmc to generate a warning if the length of any message exceeds the number specified.
-n--nullterminateTerminate message text in bin files by zero. By default they are terminated by CR/LF.
-o--hresult_useNot yet implemented. Instructs windmc to generate an OLE2 header file, using HRESULT definitions. Status codes are used if the flag is not specified.
-O codepage--codepage_out codepageSets the default codepage to be used to output text files. The default is ocdepage 1252.
-r path--rcdir pathThe target directory for the generated rc script and the generated bin files that the resource compiler script includes. The default is the current directory.
-u--unicode_inSpecifies that the input file is UTF16.
-U--unicode_outSpecifies that messages in the output bin file should be in UTF16 format. This is the default behaviour.
-v--verboseEnable verbose mode.
-V--versionPrints the version number for windmc.
-x path--xdgb pathThe path of the dbg C include file that maps message ids to the symbolic name. No such file is generated without specifying the switch.