Res Protocol

Specifies a resource that will be obtained from a module.

Syntax

res://sFile[/sType]/sID

Possible Values

sFile Required. Specifies the path and file name of the module that contains the resource.

sType Optional. Specifies the string or numerical resource type. This can be either a custom resource or one of the RT_ predefined resource types described in the FindResource function reference . If a numerical resource type is specified, the actual number of the identifier, not the identifier name, must follow a # character. See the example below for more information. If this parameter is not specified, the default resource type is RT_HTML.

sID Required. Specifies the string or numerical identifier of the resource. If a numerical identifier is specified, the actual number of the identifier, not the identifier itself, must follow a '#' character. See the example below for more information.

Remarks

Available as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0 or later.

Example

The following example shows the correct and incorrect ways to format the numerical identifier for the resource type.
#define MYBITMAP 234

// This is correct.
"res://mydll.dll/#2/#234"

// This is not correct.
"res://mydll.dll/#2/MYBITMAP"

sFile	Required. Specifies the path and file name of the module that contains the resource.
sType	Optional. Specifies the string or numerical resource type. This can be either a custom resource or one of the RT_ predefined resource types described in the FindResource function reference . If a numerical resource type is specified, the actual number of the identifier, not the identifier name, must follow a # character. See the example below for more information. If this parameter is not specified, the default resource type is RT_HTML.
sID	Required. Specifies the string or numerical identifier of the resource. If a numerical identifier is specified, the actual number of the identifier, not the identifier itself, must follow a '#' character. See the example below for more information.