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# Windows RC files

Windows .rc files, or resource files, are used to store translatable text, dialogs, menu, etc. for Windows application.

New in v1.2

## Conformance

The actual specification of .rc files is hard to come by. The parser was built using WINE .rc files as a reference. This was done as WINE is a good target for .rc translations. We are confident though that the extraction will prove robust for all .rc files.

## Useful resource

- RC converter
- ReactOS translation instructions

## Supported elements

- DIALOG, DIALOGEX: All translatables
- MENU: POPUP, MENUITEM
- STRINGTABLE
- LANGUAGE: We only parse the first language tag, further LANGUAGE section are ignored

## Bugs

- There may be problems with very deeply nested MENU's
- LANGUAGE elements cannot yet be updated in po2rc (Bug 360)