Resource Compiler. This compiler converts .src files and .hrc equivalents into binary .res files. The basic idea is that this provides a map between integer identifiers and the resources: string, pixmap (only the file-name), and VCL control properties. In more detail: Typically we would have a .hrc file with entries like this: #define SID_STR_FOO 1234 And then a .src file with some entries like this: String SID_STR_FOO { Text [ en-US ] = "Foo !" ; }; This is compiled into a binary resource file, we have many of these which live in program/resource/ and then tends to get used in the code thus: String aStr( ResId( SID_STR_FOO ) ); It is important to note that any appearance of hierarchical structure in the .src files is in fact a mirage. The file is compiled at root into a plain map. There is some German documentation about it in a subdirectory called [git:rsc/doku]. Seems to be very old (January 1992).