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<concept id="GUID-BF1AAA0D-DF2F-4E1D-A0D2-F419BD32F97A" xml:lang="en"><title>Creating

registration resource files</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<p>You need to register your applications

in order to make them visible to the application menu and to provide other

information to the underlying system. To register, you need to provide a registration

resource file, typically named <parmname>&lt;application_name&gt;_reg.rss</parmname>,

that contains the non-localized information for your application. You also

need to provide the <xref href="GUID-9F90A2F0-9C76-4871-A766-D1AE0FC42C08.dita">localizable

registration information</xref>. The registration resource file is compiled

during the build process and included in the <parmname>pkg</parmname> file

used to make the <parmname>sis</parmname> installation file.</p>

<p>To create a registration resource file:</p>

<ol>

<li id="GUID-D97F1C74-A29A-4EF1-92C1-8FBAF2EE6F2F"><p>Determine

the requirements of your application.</p></li>

<li id="GUID-41830892-AA07-44F7-BCEE-4FACD88932FF"><p>Create a text

file with the name <parmname>&lt;application_name&gt;_reg.rss</parmname>.</p>

</li>

<li id="GUID-7EE5ADE9-C5D4-43E0-BB94-977CB064CF2D"><p>Include the

appropriate header files. Typically, you need to include the following files:</p>

<itemgroup>

<ul>

<li><p><parmname>appinfo.rh</parmname>, which is the resource header

file that includes the data structure declaration for the resource statement

used in the registration resource file.</p></li>

<li><p>compiled resource header file for the resource file with

the symbolic ID for the<xref href="GUID-9F90A2F0-9C76-4871-A766-D1AE0FC42C08.dita"> localizable

registration information</xref>.</p></li>

<li><p>localization file, depending on you implementation of the

registration resource file.</p></li>

</ul>

<p>For more information on pre-processor statement syntax, see <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/ToolsAndUtilities94/DevTools-ref/ResourceFileFormat/Tool_Ref_RSS-file-format.preprocess.html#DevTools%2dref%2erss%2e3" format="application/java-archive">C++ pre-processor statements</xref>.</p>

</itemgroup>

</li>

<li id="GUID-42A15A31-6A2C-4937-9615-A128068E2F76"><p>Add a statement

for the UID2 value for the registration resource file as follows:</p>

<itemgroup>

<codeblock id="GUID-A82F0146-5B48-48C8-A5F5-F200D08A6C4D" xml:space="preserve">UID2 KUidAppRegistrationResourceFile</codeblock>

<p>UID2 always has the same value in registration resource files.</p>

</itemgroup>

</li>

<li id="GUID-4C96D57D-FBA2-4BF6-A1AF-715467663A27"><p>Add a statement

for the <xref href="GUID-EA05F9B6-52C7-4BD9-8B9A-4BA3456E70B5.dita">UID3</xref> value

of the application as follows:</p>

<itemgroup>

<codeblock id="GUID-EA7F044D-2BB2-4552-B768-3248DF6DAF7F" xml:space="preserve">UID3 &lt;uid3 value for application&gt;</codeblock>

</itemgroup>

</li>

<li id="GUID-6A8002EA-AFF5-4750-833C-81ED5F355C6C"><p>Create a <parmname>APP_REGISTRATION_INFO</parmname> resource

for your application. The definition for the registration code block is as

follows:</p>

<itemgroup>

<codeblock id="GUID-EF44E298-635E-40BD-8FBE-8A6712FCA0FB" xml:space="preserve">

RESOURCE  APP_REGISTRATION_INFO

    {

     app_file = ""; // name of application binary file (not including extension) - mandatory

     attributes = 0;

     localisable_resource_file = ""; // path (not including drive) and name of localisable resource file

     localisable_resource_id = r_name36;

     hidden = KAppNotHidden;

     embeddability = KAppNotEmbeddable;

     newfile = KAppDoesNotSupportNewFile;

     launch = KAppLaunchInForeground;

     group_name(KAppMaxGroupName) = "";

     default_screen_number = 0;

     datatype_list[]; // SUPPORTED DATATYPES

     file_ownership_list[]; // FILE_OWNERSHIP_INFO

     service_list[]; // SERVICE_INFO

     opaque_data = 0;	// use for opaque data to send to non-native application launchers i.e. MIDlet id

     }</codeblock>

<p>where,</p>

<ul>

<li><p><parmname>app_file</parmname> indicates the name of the application

executable binary file without the extension.</p></li>

<li><p><parmname>localisable_resource_file</parmname> indicates

the path and name of the localizable resource file for the application.</p>

</li>

<li><p><parmname>localisable_resource_id</parmname> indicates the

symbolic name of the resource for the <xref href="GUID-9F90A2F0-9C76-4871-A766-D1AE0FC42C08.dita">localizable

registration resource</xref>.</p></li>

<li><p><parmname>newfile</parmname> indicates whether the application

is document-based and supports the creation of new files. The default value

is <parmname>KAppDoesNotSupportNewFile</parmname>.</p></li>

<li><p><parmname>embeddability</parmname> indicates whether an application

is embeddable.</p>

<itemgroup>

<p>The default value is <parmname>KAppNotEmbeddable</parmname>.</p>

<p>For more information on embeddability, see <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/faqSDK/faq_1129.html" format="application/java-archive">FAQ-1129 What is an embeddable application?</xref>.</p>

</itemgroup>

</li>

</ul>

<p>The header file for the registration resource files is <parmname>appinfo.rh</parmname> and

is located in the <parmname>./epoc32/include</parmname> folder.</p>

<p>For more information on the other values in the resource, see <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/ToolsAndUtilities94/DevTools/RegFiles/Tool_Guide_Reg_Properties.html#DevTools%2eRegProperties" format="application/java-archive">Defining application icons, captions and properties</xref>.</p>

</itemgroup>

</li>

</ol>

<p>For a commented example, see <xref href="GUID-C99BA704-4E9F-482C-942F-1B4D7F385BD8.dita">HelloWorldBasic_reg.rss</xref>.</p>