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Converting a Resource Identifier

An identifier is a constant integer whose name usually starts with ID. Although in Win32 programming you usually can use the name of a resource as a string, in MFC applications, resources are usually referred to by their identifier. To make an identifier name (considered a string) recognizable to an MFC (or Win32) function, you use a macro called MAKEINTRESOURCE. Its syntax is:
LPTSTR MAKEINTRESOURCE(WORD IDentifier);
This macro takes the identifier of the resource and returns a string that is given to the function that called it. In the strict sense, after creating the resource file, it must be compiled to create a new file that has the extension .res. Fortunately, Microsoft Visual C++ automatically compiles the file and links it to the application. 
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