Resources

File Format
Name	Resources
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Resources

Incorporating non-executable data into a progam's source code can be inconvenient. A variety of techniques, and associated resource formats, exist to address this issue.

Resource formats often store user interface elements (dialog boxes, menus, etc.), graphics, or sound. There is usually also a way to store arbitrary custom data.

Formats listed here include:

• Formats that are embedded in executable files
• Stand-alone file formats that are loaded into memory at runtime
• Intermediate file formats used in development
• Specialized source code formats that contain, or refer to, resource data

Formats

• AMOS AmBs
• AMOS Memory Bank (.abk)
• Borland Delphi form (.dfm)
• DFF
• Dynamic-link library (Windows) - Some DLLs are resource-only.
• GEM resource file (Atari) (.rsc)
• Macintosh resource file (Mac OS Classic development) (.rsrc)
• Resource script file (.rc, .rc2)
• STOS memory bank (.mbk)
• Strings File (OS-X, iOS) (.strings)
• VisualBasic form (.frm)
• Windows resource (.res)
• Xcode Core Data Model (.xcdatamodel, .xcdatamodeld)