Importing and Exporting Resources

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You can import images, icons, and cursors, either into your current resource file or into a separate resource file.

To import a separate image, icon, or cursor file into your current resource file

  1. From the right mouse pop-up menu, choose Import.

  2. Select the name of the image, icon, or cursor file you want to import.

  3. Click OK to add the file to the current resource file.

Tip   You can also copy an image, icon, or cursor into your current resource file by dragging it from Windows Explorer and dropping it into the ResourceView pane.

To export an image, icon, or cursor as a separate file

  1. Select the image, icon, or cursor you want to export.

    The development environment exports the graphic selected in the ResourceView pane or the graphic in the currently active Image Editor window.

  2. From the right mouse pop-up menu, choose Export.

  3. If you do not want to accept the current filename, type a new one.

  4. Click OK to save the graphics file on the disk.