Modify resource for String table type in win32 native exe

Question

I want to modify some string in my exe resource. That resource type is a string table, but when i use UpdateResource function i don't know what parameter must be pass to it so it's pointing to the exact raw in the string table.

The type parameter is RT_STRING, but what should I send to MAKEINTRESOURCEW()?

HANDLE hExeFile = BeginUpdateResource(L"d:\\m.exe", FALSE);
WCHAR mail[]={L"ddddddd@gmail.com"};
UpdateResource(hExeFile,RT_STRING,MAKEINTRESOURCEW(?????), MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US), (LPVOID)mail, wcslen(mail)*2);
EndUpdateResource(hExeFile, FALSE);

possible duplicate of [updating a string table with UpdateResource](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14088057/updating-a-string-table-with-updateresource) — IInspectable, Jan 11 '15 at 00:07

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 03 '12 at 21:23

An exe file cannot update its own resources while it is running. The resources are locked by the OS and are read-only. But if you could update the resources, then obviously you have to know the ID of your resource in order to update it. If it is a compiler-generated resource, then you are probably out of luck unless your compiler uses a predictable ID number, like 1. Otherwise, use an .rc file to define your own resource data, then you can use whatever ID you want.

Modify resource for String table type in win32 native exe

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