HOWTO: Place Double Quotation Mark Symbol in a Resource String

ID: Q47674

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK)
Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK)

SUMMARY

To specify a set of double quotation marks within a string in an application's resource (RC) file, use two double quotation mark characters in succession, as in the following example:

Specify the following string in the RC file:

"The letter ""Q"" is quoted."

The following string will appear in the compiled resource (RES) file:

The letter "Q" is quoted.


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Last Reviewed: March 5, 1999