diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 57aeff4eeb..c67c6f5cdc 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1545,7 +1545,6 @@ packages/fcl-res/src/machosubreader.inc svneol=native#text/plain
 packages/fcl-res/src/machosubwriter.inc svneol=native#text/plain
 packages/fcl-res/src/machotypes.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 packages/fcl-res/src/machowriter.pp svneol=native#text/plain
-packages/fcl-res/src/prova.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 packages/fcl-res/src/resdatastream.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 packages/fcl-res/src/resfactory.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 packages/fcl-res/src/resmerger.pp svneol=native#text/plain
diff --git a/packages/fcl-res/src/prova.pp b/packages/fcl-res/src/prova.pp
deleted file mode 100644
index d8eed7b768..0000000000
--- a/packages/fcl-res/src/prova.pp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,332 +0,0 @@
-{off $DEFINE PARSEDFM}
-{off $DEFINE PARSESTRINGTABLE}
-{off $DEFINE DUMPBITMAP}
-{off $DEFINE DUMPICON}
-{off $DEFINE DUMPCURSOR}
-{off $DEFINE PRINTVERSION}
-{off $DEFINE PRINTACCELERATORS}
-
-(*
-da fare:
-   
- - ordinare le robe registrabili (reader, writer, resource types) in modo da
-   velocizzare la ricerca.
-   
- - tipi di resource da fare:
-   menu
-   dialog
-   messagetable
-   
-*)
-
-program prova;
-
-{$mode objfpc}{$H+}
-
-{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
-
-uses
-  Classes, SysUtils,
-  resource, resfactory,
-  stringtableresource, bitmapresource, groupiconresource, groupcursorresource,
-  versionresource, versiontypes, acceleratorsresource,
-  resreader, reswriter, coffwriter, coffreader, elfreader, elfwriter, dfmreader,
-  winpeimagereader, externalreader, externalwriter, machoreader, machowriter;
-  
-
-
-
-function MemFlagsToStr(mf : word) : string;
-begin
-  Result:='';
-  if (mf and MF_MOVEABLE) = MF_MOVEABLE then Result:=Result+' | MOVEABLE';
-  if (mf and MF_PURE) = MF_PURE then Result:=Result+' | PURE';
-  if (mf and MF_PRELOAD) = MF_PRELOAD then Result:=Result+' | PRELOAD';
-  if (mf and MF_DISCARDABLE) = MF_DISCARDABLE then Result:=Result+' | DISCARDABLE';
-  Result:=copy(Result,4,Length(Result));
-end;
-
-function ResTypeToStr(aType : TResourceDesc) : string;
-begin
-  if aType.DescType=dtName then Result:=''''+aType.Name+''''
-  else
-    case aType.ID of
-      RT_CURSOR       : Result:='CURSOR';
-      RT_BITMAP       : Result:='BITMAP';
-      RT_ICON         : Result:='ICON';
-      RT_MENU         : Result:='MENU';
-      RT_DIALOG       : Result:='DIALOG';
-      RT_STRING       : Result:='STRING';
-      RT_FONTDIR      : Result:='FONTDIR';
-      RT_FONT         : Result:='FONT';
-      RT_ACCELERATOR  : Result:='ACCELERATOR';
-      RT_RCDATA       : Result:='RCDATA';
-      RT_MESSAGETABLE : Result:='MESSAGETABLE';
-      RT_GROUP_CURSOR : Result:='GROUP_CURSOR';
-      RT_GROUP_ICON   : Result:='GROUP_ICON';
-      RT_VERSION      : Result:='VERSION';
-      RT_DLGINCLUDE   : Result:='DLGINCLUDE';
-      RT_PLUGPLAY     : Result:='PLUGPLAY';
-      RT_VXD          : Result:='VXD';
-      RT_ANICURSOR    : Result:='ANICURSOR';
-      RT_ANIICON      : Result:='ANIICON';
-      RT_HTML         : Result:='HTML';
-      RT_MANIFEST     : Result:='MANIFEST'
-      else Result:=aType.Name;
-    end;
-end;
-
-procedure PrintRow(aStream : TStream; toread : integer);
-var i,j : integer;
-    b : array[0..3] of byte;
-    s : string;
-    ascii : string;
-begin
-  s:=' ';
-  ascii:='';
-  while toread>0 do
-  begin
-    i:=4;
-    if toread<4 then i:=toread;
-    aStream.ReadBuffer(b[0],i);
-    dec(toread,i);
-    for j:=0 to i-1 do
-    begin
-      s:=s+IntToHex(b[j],2)+' ';
-      if b[j]>=$20 then ascii:=ascii+chr(b[j])
-      else ascii:=ascii+'.';
-    end;
-    s:=s+'  ';
-  end;
-  if length(s)<57 then
-  begin
-    i:=57-length(s);
-    for j:=1 to i do
-      s:=s+' ';
-  end;
-  writeln(s+'   '+ascii);
-end;
-
-procedure PrintDFM(aStream : TStream);
-var outstr : TMemoryStream;
-    sl : TStringList;
-    i : integer;
-begin
-  outstr:=TMemoryStream.Create;
-  try
-    sl:=TStringList.Create;
-    try
-      ObjectBinaryToText(aStream,outstr);
-      outstr.Position:=0;
-      sl.LoadFromStream(outstr);
-      for i:=0 to sl.Count-1 do
-        writeln(sl[i]);
-    finally
-      sl.Free;
-    end;
-  finally
-    outstr.Free;
-  end;
-end;
-
-procedure PrintStringTable(aRes : TAbstractResource);
-var strtab : TStringTableResource;
-    id : word;
-begin
-  strtab:=TStringTableResource(aRes);
-  for id:=strtab.FirstID to strtab.LastID do
-    if strtab.Strings[id]<>'' then
-      writeln(Format('%.5d = %s',[id,strtab.Strings[id]]));
-end;
-
-procedure DumpBitmap(aRes : TBitmapResource);
-var fs : TFileStream;
-begin
-  fs:=TFileStream.Create(aRes.Name.Name+'.bmp',fmCreate);
-  try
-    aRes.BitmapData.Position:=0;
-    fs.CopyFrom(aRes.BitmapData,aRes.BitmapData.Size);
-  finally
-    fs.Free;
-  end;
-end;
-
-{$IFDEF DUMPICON}
-procedure DumpIcon(aRes : TGroupIconResource);
-var fs : TFileStream;
-begin
-  fs:=TFileStream.Create(aRes.Name.Name+'.ico',fmCreate);
-  try
-    aRes.ItemData.Position:=0;
-    fs.CopyFrom(aRes.ItemData,aRes.ItemData.Size);
-  finally
-    fs.Free;
-  end;
-end;
-{$ENDIF}
-
-{$IFDEF DUMPCURSOR}
-procedure DumpCursor(aRes : TGroupCursorResource);
-var fs : TFileStream;
-begin
-  fs:=TFileStream.Create(aRes.Name.Name+'.cur',fmCreate);
-  try
-    aRes.ItemData.Position:=0;
-    fs.CopyFrom(aRes.ItemData,aRes.ItemData.Size);
-  finally
-    fs.Free;
-  end;
-end;
-{$ENDIF}
-
-procedure DumpStream(aRes : TAbstractResource);
-var fs : TFileStream;
-begin
-  fs:=TFileStream.Create(aRes.Name.Name,fmCreate);
-  try
-    aRes.RawData.Position:=0;
-    fs.CopyFrom(aRes.RawData,aRes.RawData.Size);
-  finally
-    fs.Free;
-  end;
-end;
-
-function ProductVersion2Str(aData : TFileProductVersion) : string;
-begin
-  Result:=Format('%d,%d,%d,%d',[aData[0],aData[1],aData[2],aData[3]]);
-end;
-
-{$IFDEF PRINTVERSION}
-procedure PrintVersion(aRes : TVersionResource);
-var i,j : integer;
-begin
-  writeln(Format('File Version: %s',[ProductVersion2Str(aRes.FixedInfo.FileVersion)]));
-  writeln(Format('Product Version: %s',[ProductVersion2Str(aRes.FixedInfo.ProductVersion)]));
-  writeln(Format('File Flags Mask: %.8x',[aRes.FixedInfo.FileFlagsMask]));
-  writeln(Format('File Flags: %.8x',[aRes.FixedInfo.FileFlags]));
-  writeln(Format('File OS: %.8x',[aRes.FixedInfo.FileOS]));
-  writeln(Format('File Type: %.8x',[aRes.FixedInfo.FileType]));
-  writeln(Format('File SubType: %.8x',[aRes.FixedInfo.FileSubType]));
-  writeln(Format('File Date: %.16x',[aRes.FixedInfo.FileDate]));
-  for i:=0 to aRes.StringFileInfo.Count-1 do
-  begin
-    writeln('  StringTable ',aRes.StringFileInfo[i].Name);
-    for j:=0 to aRes.StringFileInfo[i].Count-1 do
-      writeln('    ',aRes.StringFileInfo[i].Keys[j],' = ',aRes.StringFileInfo[i].ValuesByIndex[j]);
-  end;
-  writeln('  VarFileInfo:');
-  for i:=0 to aRes.VarFileInfo.Count-1 do
-    writeln(Format('    Translation: language = %d, codepage = %d',[aRes.VarFileInfo[i].language,aRes.VarFileInfo[i].codepage]));
-end;
-{$ENDIF}
-
-
-{$IFDEF PRINTACCELERATORS}
-procedure PrintAccelerators(aRes : TAcceleratorsResource);
-var i : integer;
-    acc : TAccelerator;
-begin
-  for i:=0 to aRes.Count-1 do
-  begin
-    acc:=aRes[i];
-    writeln(Format('Flags = %.4x, Ansi = %.4x, ID = %.4x',[acc.Flags,acc.Ansi,acc.ID]));
-  end;
-end;
-{$ENDIF}
-
-procedure PrintData(aStream : TStream);
-var toread : integer;
-    sig : array[0..3] of char;
-begin
-  {$IFDEF PARSEDFM}
-  aStream.Position:=0;
-  aStream.ReadBuffer(sig,4);
-  aStream.Position:=0;
-  if sig='TPF0' then PrintDFM(aStream)
-  else
-  {$ENDIF}
-  while aStream.Position<aStream.Size do
-  begin
-    toread:=16;
-    if (aStream.Size-aStream.Position) < toread then
-      toread:=aStream.Size-aStream.Position;
-    PrintRow(aStream,toread);
-  end;
-end;
-
-procedure PrintResInfo(aRes : TAbstractResource);
-begin
-  writeln(Format('Resource Type = %s Name = %s',[ResTypeToStr(aRes._Type),aRes.Name.Name]));
-  writeln('  DataSize        = ',ares.DataSize);
-  writeln('  HeaderSize      = ',ares.HeaderSize);
-  writeln('  DataVersion     = ',ares.DataVersion);
-  writeln('  MemoryFlags     = ',MemFlagsToStr(ares.MemoryFlags));
-  writeln('  LanguageID      = ',ares.LangID);
-  writeln('  Version         = ',ares.Version);
-  writeln('  Characteristics = ',ares.Characteristics);
-  writeln('  DataOffset      = ',IntToHex(ares.DataOffset,8));
-  writeln;
-  writeln('  Data: ');
-  {$IFDEF PARSESTRINGTABLE}
-  if aRes is TStringTableResource then
-    PrintStringTable(aRes as TStringTableResource)
-  else
-  {$ENDIF}
-  {$IFDEF DUMPBITMAP}
-  if aRes is TBitmapResource then
-    DumpBitmap(aRes as TBitmapResource)
-  else
-  {$ENDIF}
-  {$IFDEF DUMPICON}
-  if aRes is TGroupIconResource then
-    DumpIcon(aRes as TGroupIconResource)
-  else
-  {$ENDIF}
-  {$IFDEF DUMPCURSOR}
-  if aRes is TGroupCursorResource then
-    DumpCursor(aRes as TGroupCursorResource)
-  else
-  {$ENDIF}
-  {$IFDEF PRINTVERSION}
-  if aRes is TVersionResource then
-    PrintVersion(aRes as TVersionResource)
-  else
-  {$ENDIF}
-  {$IFDEF PRINTACCELERATORS}
-  if aRes is TAcceleratorsResource then
-    PrintAccelerators(aRes as TAcceleratorsResource)
-  else
-  {$ENDIF}
-  {$DEFINE DISABILITATO}
-  {$IFDEF DISABILITATO}
-  if aRes._Type.DescType=dtID then
-    case aRes._Type.ID of
-      RT_HTML,RT_MANIFEST : DumpStream(aRes);
-//      RT_ACCELERATOR : PrintData(aRes.RawData);
-    end;
-  {$ENDIF}
-  PrintData(aRes.RawData);
-end;
-
-var res : TResources;
-    i : integer;
-
-begin
-  if not fileexists(paramstr(1)) then
-  begin
-    writeln('No filename specified.');
-    halt(1);
-  end;
-  res:=TResources.Create;
-  try
-    res.LoadFromFile(paramstr(1));
-    if paramcount>=2 then
-      res.WriteToFile(paramstr(2))
-    else
-      for i:=0 to res.Count-1 do
-        PrintResInfo(res[i]);
-  finally
-    res.Free;
-  end;
-end.
-