# Resource script converter and viewer - Convert

Use the Convert page to transform your resource script (.RC) files into Panel Definition Markup Language (PDML) documents and resource bundles. The PDML files contain the PDML equivalent of the user interface (UI) panels that were written in, for example, Microsoft Visual C++. The resource bundles contain the translatable strings that are associated with the dialogs and have been extracted from the resource script's string table.

The resource script converter also reads existing PDML files and preserves any PDML tags you added in subsequent conversions.

The resource script converter logs any warnings or errors during the conversion to a file called converter.log. If there were warnings or errors, the user will be notified with a message box. The converter.log file will be written to the directory from which the resource script converter was launched.

For information about which controls the resource script converter supports, click here.

You can find more detailed help on the following elements of this window:

> Resource file name

> PDML file name

> Resource bundle base name

> List resource bundle

> Property resource bundle

> ISO language code

> ISO country/region code

> Package name

> Serialize all resources

> Generate help files

> Generate data beans

> Convert