Finding and Loading Resources
Before using a resource, an application must load it into memory. The
FindResource and
FindResourceEx functions find a resource in a module and return a handle to the binary
resource data.
FindResource locates a resource by type and name.
FindResourceEx locates the resource by type, name, and language. Information about
FindResource in this topic also applies to
FindResourceEx.
The
LoadResource function uses the resource handle returned by
FindResource to load the resource into memory. After an application loads a resource by
using
LoadResource, Windows automatically unloads and reloads the resource as memory conditions
and application execution require. Thus, an application need not explicitly
unload a resource it no longer needs.
An application can use
FindResource and
LoadResource to find and load any type of resource, but these functions should be used
only if the application must access the binary resource data for subsequent
function calls. To use a resource immediately, an application should use one of the
following resource-specific functions to find and load resources in one call.
Before terminating, an application should release the memory occupied by
accelerator tables, bitmaps, cursors, icons, and menus by using one of the functions
in the following table.
When the application terminates, Windows automatically releases the memory
occupied by the other types of resources.
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