What's the Resource script format?

dball · 06-09-2005, 05:46 AM

I am trying to make a resource script to load icons and such
I've used VC++6.0 and Quincy99 compilers and I get:

in VC++:
line 6 "missing ';' before "constant""

in Quincy99
line 6 "parse error before 101"

the code looks like this

Code:

#define BIGICON 101
#define LITTLEICON 102
#define MYCURSOR 200


BIGICON ICON eggplant.ico
LITTLEICON ICON nailedimaje.ico
MYCURSOR CURSOR sword.cur

Help!

redhead · 06-09-2005, 07:51 AM

Errr... what are you tryiung to do here ??
if you were to think the way any usual precompiler thinks, then everythign which represents your #defines in teh code will be echanged by teh value you defined it to be, so you'r code will uppon first run through be changed to:

Code:

101 ICON eggplant.ico
102 ICON nailedimaje.ico
200 CURSOR sword.cur

Ofcause no compiler will know what to here, since theres a numeric value befor any operator has been reached.

dball · 06-09-2005, 07:59 AM

I'm trying to establish a new icon (which is in the project folder) for an application (this may be windows-specific)

Then I can go into my main code and write

Code:

Winclass.hIcon(hinstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(BIGICON));

Also, I want to import other bitmaps for my gui.

Unfortunately, even using Visual Studio C++ 6.0 Resource Script tool causes the syntax error. This error occurs with a mostly blank main file of

Code:

#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include "icons.rc"

What am I doing wrong?

dball · 06-10-2005, 06:49 AM

Hah! I solved it. After a blinding flash of the obvious, I realized that instead of

Code:

#include "icons.rc"

I should have included

Code:

#include "resource.h"