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ResourceTool.exe
Ed Jobe © 2003
ResourceTool is a tool for use with VB to help with compiling resource
dll's for a menu.
 Normally, if you use the Resource Editor add-in and you load a bmp,
the editor assings a sequential number as the resource ID. This means that
if you want to continue referring to icons in your menu by a name, you
have to rename
all the ID's in the RES file.
This tool avoids that using the rc.exe tool that comes with Visual Studio.
This utility
can compile a C++ resource file (*.rc) into a VB resource file (*.RES).
This program requires you to act in a specific sequence.
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Specify a source folder where the bmp's reside. I suggest creating a
folder for your menu
where you keep all the resources (the bmp's, rc, res, vbp and dll). When
finished,
copy the dll to the menu folder.
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Specify an *.rc filename. Be sure to include the extension.
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Click on the "Create *.rc file" button. The program then scans the
folder for all the bmp's
and builds an *.RC file in the folder specified in step 1, opening it in
Notepad.
You can check it for accuracy or delete a line, etc.
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Click on the "Compile RES file" button. The program compiles this file
from the RC file.
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All you have to do then is, add the RES file to your dll project and
compile the dll.
Download
ResourceTool.exe
For step-by-step instructions on getting the dll to work with your menu,
see :
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