BuildStrings(1) BSD General Commands Manual BuildStrings(1)NAME
/usr/bin/BuildStrings — Generate header (.h) or resource (.r) file from
text files
SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/BuildStrings [-define variable] [-header]
[-attributes attributeList] [-type filekind] -id
ResID -in path -out path
DESCRIPTION
The /usr/bin/BuildStrings command translates a text file into a resource
or header file for use in localizing your Carbon application. The input
file is a series of newline-separated pairs of newline-separated strings.
Each pair of strings represents the "base" string and the localized
equivalent. When generating a resource file, /usr/bin/BuildStrings gen‐
erates a STR# resource containing only the localized equivalents (which
must be enclosed in double quotes in the source file). When generating
the header file, /usr/bin/BuildStrings generates a C header file with
#define directives for each of the base strings (which must be valid C
preprocessor symbols) equating each to the ordinal number of the string
in the STR# resource. Your C/C++ source code can use these preprocessor
macros, along with standard Resource Manager calls (like GetIndString) to
load the appropriate localized string.
The source file may include #ifdef/#endif (or #ifndef/#endif) directives
to conditionally include different pairs of strings, e.g. for debugging
builds or different versions. Note that these are the only preprocessor
directives allowed in the source file.
When generating a resource file, you can set the resource ID and
attributes of the STR# resource by providing /usr/bin/BuildStrings with
the appropriate command-line options.
You can use /usr/bin/BuildStrings with several different sets of strings
in the same application, for example, error strings and warning strings.
The -type argument customizes some #defines in the generated header file
so there are no conflicts.
The /usr/bin/BuildStrings command accepts the following arguments:
-header Generate a header file. If not provided, default is resource
file format. Note that the file extension is not provided auto‐
matically; your output file name must have the appropriate .h or
.r extension.
-define variable
Defines variable for use in #ifdef or #ifndef conditionals. No
value may be assigned to variable. This argument may be
repeated for any number of variables.
-id ResID
The resource ID for the STR# resource. There is no support for
setting the resource name.
-attributes attribute
Resource attributes for the STR# resource definition (such as
locked, preload, etc.) These are provided after the resource
name in the resource definition. This argument may be repeated
for any number of attributes. It is ignored if generating a
header.
-type filekind
Customizes three preprocessor variables (MinValidFoo, MaxValid‐
Foo, FooRsrcID) #defined in a generated header file. Note that
if this argument is not provided, the default is the literal
string "(null)", which will cause compile errors in the header
file.
-in path
The input file, a set of newline-separated pairs of newline-sep‐
arated strings. The first string of the pair is ignored for the
resource file (but is provided in a comment) and is used as the
preprocessor symbol in the header file. The second string of
the pair is used as the resource string in the resource file and
is ignored in the header file (but is provided in a comment),
and must be enclosed in double-quotes in your source file.
-out path
The output file. Note that you should provide the appropriate
file extension; it is not provided automatically according to
the -header flag.
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