16 bit Resource editor needed ...

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Roger Hunt

Greetings acf

I am looking for a 16 bit resource editor, something like Exescope but
free. (I am familiar and happy with the likes of Resource Hacker and XN
Resource Editor but they only handle 32bit executables.)

Anything out there? All suggestions gratefully received.

Cheers
 
I am looking for a 16 bit resource editor, something like Exescope but
free. (I am familiar and happy with the likes of Resource Hacker and XN
Resource Editor but they only handle 32bit executables.)
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First, you should have a look at all programming languages installed.
One may contain a resource editor capable of handling Win16 resources.
While MS Visual Studio generally has a good resource editor embedded,
the free Express Edition is said to be delivered without it. So you
need not bother to install that one just to try. (If someone has the
EE installed: Please correct, if that statement is wrong!)

If you don't find another, you need to do a *huge* download to just
get a suitable tool. - The OpenWatcom packages contains a resource
editor which is able to edit Win16 resources:

http://www.openwatcom.org/ftp

Get either of the C/C++ and the Fortran packages. Although the Fortran
package is smaller, you still may prefer the C/C++ package, if you
consider a bit programming in C/C++... ;-)

Unfortunately, all "smaller" solutions I know of (which are actually
able to *edit* Win16 resources) are non-free.

HTH.
BeAr
 
First, you should have a look at all programming languages installed.
One may contain a resource editor capable of handling Win16 resources.
While MS Visual Studio generally has a good resource editor embedded,
the free Express Edition is said to be delivered without it. So you
need not bother to install that one just to try. (If someone has the
EE installed: Please correct, if that statement is wrong!)

If you don't find another, you need to do a *huge* download to just
get a suitable tool. - The OpenWatcom packages contains a resource
editor which is able to edit Win16 resources:

http://www.openwatcom.org/ftp

Get either of the C/C++ and the Fortran packages. Although the Fortran
package is smaller, you still may prefer the C/C++ package, if you
consider a bit programming in C/C++... ;-)

Unfortunately, all "smaller" solutions I know of (which are actually
able to *edit* Win16 resources) are non-free.
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Thanks for the info! I do not mind a huge download - I am on dial-up but
my local library has excellent facilities and is free (enabling the
recent download of over 5GB of textures for Celestia).
Also, I did a tiny bit of programming not so long ago with Borland C++
so it shouldn't be too much of a learning curve to investigate this
further.

Regards
 
On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:42:38 +0100, Roger Hunt wrote:

[Openwatcom resource editor]
Thanks for the info!
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You're welcome.
I do not mind a huge download - I am on dial-up but my local library has
excellent facilities and is free (enabling the recent download of over
5GB of textures for Celestia).
Click to expand...

Ouch! ;-) I correct myself those: Download *both* versions. Although
you probably never need the Fortran compiler. - Compared with your usual
download quantities, the difference won't be noticeable... ;-)

BeAr
 
On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:42:38 +0100, Roger Hunt wrote:

[Openwatcom resource editor]
Thanks for the info!
Click to expand...

You're welcome.
I do not mind a huge download - I am on dial-up but my local library has
excellent facilities and is free (enabling the recent download of over
5GB of textures for Celestia).
Click to expand...

Ouch! ;-) I correct myself those: Download *both* versions. Although
you probably never need the Fortran compiler. - Compared with your usual
download quantities, the difference won't be noticeable... ;-)
Click to expand...
OK, will download both.

Cheers
 
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