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12 <concept id="GUID-0FB60233-993A-4BF2-9E8C-E03AD092359B" xml:lang="en"><title>Managing |
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13 resource files</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody> |
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14 <p>In the Symbian platform, <xref href="GUID-5F749184-C804-41FC-BA81-038783BDC967.dita">resource</xref> files |
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15 are used to define UI components such as status panes, <xref href="GUID-A4F3738C-CBFD-4151-9132-26FE05966715.dita">CBA |
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16 (Control Button Area) buttons</xref>, <xref href="GUID-5918ED8A-B26B-41A0-94A6-AB6D51BF80A1.dita">menu |
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17 bars</xref>, <xref href="GUID-DAC32BB9-C0EB-42FF-A596-C2F1A90A4BD7.dita">views</xref>, |
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18 dialogs, strings, and constants used in applications. The UI components consist |
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19 of data structures that are defined in resource files, and then are called |
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20 from the classes controlling the UI implementation. When UI component implementation |
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21 is split into these two approaches, it means that resources can be recompiled, |
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22 for example for new languages, without having to recompile the application |
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23 code (unless you change the resource identifiers).</p> |
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24 <p>This section includes the following:</p> |
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25 <ul> |
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26 <li><p><xref href="GUID-2B7F7484-3A44-4A96-9B5D-79DF8A09115A.dita">How resource |
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27 files work</xref></p> |
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28 </li> |
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29 <li><p><xref href="GUID-EC49B54F-7724-433B-BD7F-201DE3B7DAA6.dita">Resource |
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30 file structure</xref></p> |
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31 </li> |
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32 <li><p><xref href="GUID-CBB00F6A-CBA7-4872-B0A1-A86A863725F5.dita">Precompiled |
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33 resource values available from the Symbian platform</xref></p> |
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34 </li> |
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35 <li><p><xref href="GUID-23A60DE7-B72D-41BD-9F1E-882D31A7E3C7.dita">Required |
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36 resource file statements</xref></p> |
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37 </li> |
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38 <li><p><xref href="GUID-2C74E932-B1CA-434B-AF96-66D52D689620.dita">Optional |
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39 resource file statements</xref></p> |
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40 </li> |
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41 <li><p><xref href="GUID-94C64AC2-5680-4DED-8CCB-55CD5C25F1E5.dita">Resource |
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42 string handling</xref></p> |
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43 </li> |
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44 <li><p><xref href="GUID-BF1AAA0D-DF2F-4E1D-A0D2-F419BD32F97A.dita">Creating |
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45 registration resource files</xref></p> |
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46 </li> |
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47 <li><p><xref href="GUID-9F90A2F0-9C76-4871-A766-D1AE0FC42C08.dita">Defining |
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48 localizable registration information</xref></p> |
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49 </li> |
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50 <li><p><xref href="GUID-D52E98C3-F5EE-4CE1-A4F5-2EF41A066B8A.dita">Creating |
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51 resource header files</xref></p> |
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52 </li> |
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53 <li><p><xref href="GUID-411ACFE6-0324-4330-ABCD-97A925759A3C.dita">Resource |
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54 management example: HelloWorldBasic</xref></p> |
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55 </li> |
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56 </ul> |
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57 <note> |
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58 <p>For demonstration purposes, the sections on resources contain examples |
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59 with arbitrary values. In your own code, it is recommend that you use a system |
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60 of easy to remember value names.</p> |
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61 </note> |
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62 <p>For an introduction to the UI, see <xref href="GUID-0F593BE1-1220-4403-B04E-B8E8A9A49701.dita">UI concepts</xref>.</p> |
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63 <p>For more information on resources, resource files, and their use in |
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64 the Symbian OS, see <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/guide/System-Libraries-subsystem-guide/bafl94/InterfaceToResourceFiles/InterfaceToResourceFilesOverview.guide.html" format="application/java-archive">Resource |
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65 Files</xref>.</p> |
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66 </conbody></concept> |