The "Resources" page appears in the settings notebooks of all program files (WPProgramFile class) and shows you the resources in the module.

Resources are read-only data objects that can be accessed dynamically at run time.

Resource objects are placed into an executable file by the Resource Compiler (RC.EXE), which ships with OS/2.

Resources can be loaded by an application using a "type" and "ID" pair. They are frequently used by applications to separate their national language support (NLS) from the actual code. This way, applications can be translated without having to recompile the source code. (&xwp; does its language support this way, for example.)

The following types of resources exist:

Resources are either loaded as soon as the module is loaded or when needed. Once loaded, resources are either automatically discarded when they are no longer needed or when the module is discarded.