Opening a Resource for Binary Editing
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To open a Windows desktop resource for binary editing
In Resource View, select the specific resource file you want to edit.
Note
If your project doesn't already contain an .rc file, please see Creating a New Resource Script File.
Right-click the resource and click Open Binary Data from the shortcut menu.
Note
If you use the Resource View window to open a resource with a format that Visual Studio does not recognize (such as RCDATA or a custom resource), the resource is automatically opened in the Binary editor.
To open a managed resource for binary editing
In Solution Explorer, select the specific resource file you want to edit.
Right-click the resource and choose Open With from the shortcut menu.
In the Open With dialog box, choose Binary Editor.
Note
You can use the Image editor and the Binary editor to work with resource files in managed projects. Any managed resources you want to edit must be linked resources. The Visual Studio resource editors do not support editing embedded resources.
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For information on adding resources to managed projects, please see Resources in Applications in the .NET Framework Developer's Guide. For information on manually adding resource files to managed projects, accessing resources, displaying static resources, and assigning resources strings to properties, see Walkthrough: Localizing Windows Forms and Walkthrough: Using Resources for Localization with ASP.NET.
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Binary Data for a Dialog Box Displayed in the Binary Editor
Only certain ASCII values are represented in the Binary editor (0x20 through 0x7E). Extended characters are displayed as periods in the ASCII Value section of the Binary editor (the right panel). The "printable" characters are ASCII values 32 through 126.
Note
If you want to use the Binary editor on a resource already being edited in another editor window, close the other editor window first.
Requirements
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