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= getResSize =

Requires FM 1.0 Beta 8.5 (Nov 2007) or newer

== Syntax ==

int getResSize(string restype, string resname)

== Arguments ==

:restype

::The type of the resource. This is either a string (probably "FMDATA" in most cases), or an integer if the resource is a built-in resource type.

:resname

::The name of the resource

== Return ==

Returns 0 if the resource can't be found or an error occurs, otherwise returns the size of the resource in bytes.

== Description ==

Gets the size of a file that has been embedded as a resource in the plugin DLL.

Some useful resource type values:

:1 - RT_CURSOR

::Cursor resource

:2 - RT_BITMAP

::Cursor resource

:3 - RT_ICON

::Hardware-dependent icon resource

:4 - RT_MENU

::Menu resource

:5 - RT_DIALOG

::Dialog resource

:6 - RT_STRING

::String-table entry

:8 - RT_FONT

::Font resource

:16 - RT_VERSION

::Version resource

:23 - RT_HTML

::HTML Resource

== Example ==

<code>

%fml

OnFilterStart: {

int ressize = 0;

// Get the size of the built-in FM logo BMP

// RT_BITMAP Bitmaps are resource type 2

ressize = getResSize(2, "LOGO2.BMP");

// Display the size of the resource file

Info("Size of resource: %d bytes", ressize);

return true;

}

</code>

== See Also ==

: getArrayAddress, getResAddress, copyResToArray