Resources are data that define the visible portions of your Windows program. Resources provide a consistent user interface that makes it easy for users to switch from one Windows program to another. A resource might be displayed in an application as error messages or as part of the user interface. Resources can contain data in a number of forms, including strings, images, dialogs, and persisted objects. In general, a Windows application's resources are separated from the program code, letting you make significant changes to the interface without recompiling your entire application.

Resource Tuner recognizes the following resource types:

RESOURCE TYPE	DISPLAYED AS	EDIT	REPLACE	EXTRACTED AS
AVI	raw data, can be played			*.avi
GIF	image			*.gif
ANIMATED GIF	image, can be played			*.gif
JPEG	image			*.jpg, *.jpeg
PNG	image			*.png
METAFILE	image			*.wmf
BITMAP	image			*.bmp
BITMAP (DIB)	image			*.bmp
WAVE	raw data, can be played			*.wav
CURSOR	image			*.cur
ANIM. CURSOR	animated image			*.ani
GROUP CURSOR	text			*.res
ICON	image			*.ico, *.png
GROUP ICON	text			*.res
MENU	script/menu			*.rc
DIALOG	script/dialog			*.rc
DIALOG DATA	text/raw data			*.res
STRING TABLE	script			*.rc
MESSAGE TABLE	text			*.res, *.txt
ACCELERATORS	script			*.rc
TOOLBAR	text/toolbar			*.res
PLAIN TEXT	text			*.txt
PLAIN UNICODE TEXT	text			*.txt
RICH TEXT FORMAT	formatted text			*.rtf, *.txt
HTML	text			*.htm, *.html
XML	text			*.xml, *.xsl
XP Application Manifest	text			*.xml
CAB	directory			*.cab
TYPE LIBRARY	script			*.tlb, *.txt
PE EXECUTABLE	raw data			*.exe, *.dll, *.*
NE EXECUTABLE	raw data			*.exe, *.dll, *.*
LE EXECUTABLE	raw data			*.exe, *.dll, *.*
Borland VCL DFM	text			*.dfm
Borland VCL Package Info	text			*.res
Borland VCL Signature	text			*.res
VERSION INFO	formatted text			*.res
IMAGE LIST	image list/image			*.res
Unknown Data	raw data			*.res