Resource Workshop - Borland
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The last standalone Resource Workshop was version 4.5 (bundled with Borland C++ 4.5 in 1994). It received minor updates but never made the jump to 64-bit native. borland resource workshop
You wrote a .RC text file, compiled it with RC.EXE , and hoped the coordinates didn't overlap. It was functional, but it was blind. Loved this deep dive into retro dev tools
It represents an era when software came in a cardboard box, documentation was printed on paper, and a single 500KB EXE could edit any resource in any Windows program. compiled it with RC.EXE
For one brief moment, you’ll feel like a 1994 Windows wizard again.
