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'''XRC''', or '''XML Resource''', or '''XML Based Resource System''' is a [[cross-platform]] [[XML]]-based [[user interface markup language]] used by [[wxWidgets]]. XRC allows [[graphical user interface]] elements, such as dialogs, menu bars and toolbars, to be stored as XML, which can be loaded into the application at run-time or translated into a target [[programming language]] and [[compiler|compiled]].

==Advantages==
* Recompiling and linking is not always necessary when changing the interface.
* Separates the interface from the program logic.
* Ability to choose between different resource files at run time.
* XRC is a wxWidgets standard, so it can be generated and processed by any program that understands it.
* They can be written (or generated by other program) once, and used in any supported language which have wxWidgets bindings.
* XML is easier to parse than most programming languages.
* Existing XML editors can be used to edit XRC files.

==Tools==
Specialized software tools, generally [[graphical user interface builder]] or [[rapid application development]] (RAD), allow creation of XRC files, among them are:<ref>{{cite web|title=XML Based Resource System (XRC)|url=http://docs.wxwidgets.org/trunk/overview_xrc.html|publisher=wxWidgets.org|access-date=2011-04-18}}</ref>
* [[wxFormBuilder]]
* XRCed
* wxDesigner
* DialogBlocks
* wxSmith ([[Code::Blocks]] plugin)<ref>{{cite web|title=wxSmith features|url=http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=Comparison_of_wxSmith_features#Features_supported|access-date=2011-10-10}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[wxWidgets]]
*[[wxGlade]] - an [[open source]] GUI designer that understands and generates XRC
*[[List of user interface markup languages]]
* [[XUL]]
* [[QML]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://docs.wxwidgets.org/trunk/overview_xrc.html XML Based Resource System overview (current)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070429174112/http://www.wxwidgets.org/manuals/stable/wx_xrcoverview.html#xrcsample XML-based resource system overview (stable)]
*[http://xrced.sourceforge.net/ XRCed] - an XRC editor
*[http://wiki.wxpython.org/XRCTutorial XRC Tutorial]

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[[Category:XML-based standards]]
[[Category:User interface markup languages]]
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