Placing Double Quotation Mark Symbol in a Resource String

Last reviewed: November 2, 1995
Article ID: Q47674

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.0 and 3.1

Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API) included with:

    - Microsoft Windows NT versions 3.5 and 3.51
    - Microsoft Windows 95 version 4.0

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.

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.10 3.50 3.51 4.00 95
KBCategory: kbui
KBSubcategory: UsrRsc

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1995
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