Можно глянуть исходник TResourceStream:
Код:
procedure TResourceStream.Initialize(Instance: THandle; Name, ResType: PChar);
procedure Error;
begin
raise EResNotFound.CreateFmt(SResNotFound, [Name]);
end;
begin
HResInfo := FindResource(Instance, Name, ResType);
if HResInfo = 0 then Error;
HGlobal := LoadResource(Instance, HResInfo);
if HGlobal = 0 then Error;
SetPointer(LockResource(HGlobal), SizeOfResource(Instance, HResInfo));
end;
Очевидно, Вам интересна функция
FindResource