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1.1     ! root        1: Sample: Constructing and Using a Message Table Resource
        !             2: 
        !             3: Summary:
        !             4: 
        !             5: This sample demonstrates how to contruct and use a message table
        !             6: resource in your application. The sample message table (messages.mc)
        !             7: for the message compiler (MC.EXE) shows the format of a typical
        !             8: message table source file. Note that some of the entries for each
        !             9: message are optional but are shown for demonstration purposes. See
        !            10: the documentation in the tools.hlp file on the message table
        !            11: compiler for more info on which fields are optional.
        !            12: 
        !            13: More Information:
        !            14: 
        !            15: This particular sample shows how to create a resource-only DLL that
        !            16: contains nothing but the message table resource. The DLL source file
        !            17: (messages.c) has a stub entry point that simply returns TRUE. This
        !            18: is due to the requirement that a DLL has at least one entry point,
        !            19: so we need to have one for our resource-only DLL.
        !            20: 
        !            21: The msgtest.exe executable shows how to load the message table DLL,
        !            22: how to extract the message text from the resource with the
        !            23: FormatMessage API, and how to decode the various bits in the message
        !            24: ID. Note that the messages.h include file to the executable is
        !            25: created during the make process by the message compiler (mc.exe) as
        !            26: it is creating the binary resource file from the message table
        !            27: source file.
        !            28: 
        !            29: The makefile should come in very handy in showing how to set up your
        !            30: dependancy rules for your message table source files and message
        !            31: table DLL.
        !            32: 
        !            33: This sample could be easily modified to link the message table
        !            34: resource directly into your executable rather than into a
        !            35: stand-alone DLL; there is no requirement that the message table
        !            36: resouce be located only in a DLL, though this is the common case.

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