gorc

This utility is a Win32 resource compiler written in Go. It currently only supports version stamp and message table resources, although support for other resource types may be added in the future. It may be used to add resources to a Win32 executable compiled from Go. It is run on the executable after it is built and modifies it to add the resources.

Usage

The utility should be invoked with two paths on the command line, the first specifying a JSON file containing the resources to be compiled and the second specifying the executable file to which they should be added.

gorc hello_resources.json hello.exe

There is also a flag --discard that can be used to instruct the utility to delete any resources that already exist in the executable.

gorc --discard hello_resources.json hello.exe

JSON File Format

The following is an example JSON file showing the format used to specify the resources. All version information fields are optional and may be omitted if not needed.

{
	"language": "en-us",
	"messageTable": [
		{
			"id": 1,
			"severity": "Error", // also supported: "Success", "Informational", "Warning"
			"messageText": "Hello, %1!"
		}
	],
	"version": {
		"fileVersion": "1.0.0.0",
		"productVersion": "1.0.0.0",
		"fileFlags": ["VS_FF_DEBUG", "VS_FF_PRERELEASE"],
		"fileOS": "VOS_NT_WINDOWS32",
		"fileType": "VFT_APP",
		"fileSubtype": "VFT2_UNKNOWN",
		"stringFileInfo": {
			"comments": "Example executable to demonstrate version stamping with gorc.",
			"companyName": "MongoDB",
			"fileDescription": "Hello",
			"fileVersion": "1.0",
			"internalName": "hello",
			"legalCopyright": "Copyright (C) 2014 MongoDB, Inc.",
			"legalTrademarks": "MongoDB is a registered trademark of MongoDB, Inc.",
			"originalFilename": "hello.exe",
			"productName": "Hello",
			"productVersion": "1.0"
		}
	}
}