# kirupa.com - Using Resources for External Content - Page 1

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-using-resources-for-external-content-page-1/466450>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [January 11, 2015, 7:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-using-resources-for-external-content-page-1/466450 "2015-01-11T07:42:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 7:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-using-resources-for-external-content-page-1/466450/1 "2015-01-11T07:42:39Z")

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Resources are used when dealing with external content. When you have an application with images, icons, external text files, etc., you can refer to the external content by accessing the file's path directly, for example: **C:\Kirupa\title.gif**. That approach works well, and your application will access the file from that location. There is a catch though!

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [http://www.kirupa.com/net/using\_resources.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/net/using_resources.htm)