![[Translate to English:] Data for a dialogue box in an RC File](/fileadmin/user_upload/images/courses/Softwarelokalisierung/L10N_3/2efcc0011f.jpg "©eCoLoTrain")
4.1 Definition
RC files (Resource Script files) are standard Windows source code files. Normally, Windows applications are built in a way that a resource compiler creates a binary resource file (.res) by linking an ASCII resource file (.rc) to a compiled or executable file.
4.2 Features
RC files are usually written in ASCII and are line-oriented because they contain lines terminated by a newline (character or sequence of characters indicating the end of a line of text) or carriage return pair.
4.3 Development Environment
RC files are used in Windows applications, which in turn are usually developed in object-oriented programming environments such as Visual C++, Visual Basic or a web-based development environment such as Java.