[Dev-C++] Problem with resource files.

[Richard P. Evans]

Okay, here's my problem again. I am using the latest version of Dev-C++,
4.01, and I went to Project Options and changed the resource to be loaded
to C:\Dev-C++\Projects\Generic\Generic.rc. I did a Makefile and then tried
to compile. Below is what is in Generic.rc to load the icons which are in
the same directory.


ID_MAIN ICON DISCARDABLE "generic.ico"
ID_RS ICON DISCARDABLE "rs.ico"

The compiling stops and I get the following message:

C:\DEV-C_~1\BIN\windres: can't open icon file `generic.ico': No such file
or directory


To get around this I then put in the full path as shown below and tried
again (with a new Makefile):

ID_MAIN ICON DISCARDABLE
"C:\Dev-C++\Projects\Generic\generic.ico"
ID_RS ICON DISCARDABLE
"C:\Dev-C++\Projects\Generic\rs.ico"

Again it stopped compiling but this time I got the messages below. What am
I doing wrong? This is
the logical solution suggested by one correspondent but as you can see,
logical as it is, it didn't work.

C:\\DEV-C_~1\\PROJECTS\\GENERIC\\GENERIC.RC:74: unrecognized escape sequence
C:\\DEV-C_~1\\PROJECTS\\GENERIC\\GENERIC.RC:74: unrecognized escape sequence
C:\\DEV-C_~1\\PROJECTS\\GENERIC\\GENERIC.RC:74: unrecognized escape sequence
C:\\DEV-C_~1\\PROJECTS\\GENERIC\\GENERIC.RC:74: unrecognized escape sequence
C:\\DEV-C_~1\\PROJECTS\\GENERIC\\GENERIC.RC:75: unrecognized escape sequence
C:\\DEV-C_~1\\PROJECTS\\GENERIC\\GENERIC.RC:75: unrecognized escape sequence
C:\\DEV-C_~1\\PROJECTS\\GENERIC\\GENERIC.RC:75: unrecognized escape sequence
C:\DEV-C_~1\BIN\windres: can't open icon file `C:\Dev-C++\Projects\Generic
s.ico': No such file or directory

[b***@bt.com]

The first one doesn't work because the default directory is not the current
directory in Dev-C++ so you'll have to use absolute paths.

The second one doesn't work because you need to use forward slash (/) as
directory seperator - backslash does not work.
Try:

ID_MAIN ICON DISCARDABLE
"C:/Dev-C++/Projects/Generic/generic.ico"
ID_RS ICON DISCARDABLE
"C:/Dev-C++/Projects/Generic/rs.ico"

- Biswa.


-----Original Message-----
From: Richard P. Evans [mailto:***@mail.cvn.net]
Sent: 27 November 2000 23:05
To: dev-cpp-***@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Dev-C++] Problem with resource files.


Okay, here's my problem again. I am using the latest version of Dev-C++,
4.01, and I went to Project Options and changed the resource to be loaded to
C:\Dev-C++\Projects\Generic\Generic.rc. I did a Makefile and then tried to
compile. Below is what is in Generic.rc to load the icons which are in the
same directory.


ID_MAIN ICON DISCARDABLE "generic.ico"
ID_RS ICON DISCARDABLE "rs.ico"

The compiling stops and I get the following message:

C:\DEV-C_~1\BIN\windres: can't open icon file `generic.ico': No such file or
directory


To get around this I then put in the full path as shown below and tried
again (with a new Makefile):

ID_MAIN ICON DISCARDABLE
"C:\Dev-C++\Projects\Generic\generic.ico"
ID_RS ICON DISCARDABLE
"C:\Dev-C++\Projects\Generic\rs.ico"

Again it stopped compiling but this time I got the messages below. What am
I doing wrong? This is
the logical solution suggested by one correspondent but as you can see,
logical as it is, it didn't work.

C:\\DEV-C_~1\\PROJECTS\\GENERIC\\GENERIC.RC:74: unrecognized escape sequence
C:\\DEV-C_~1\\PROJECTS\\GENERIC\\GENERIC.RC:74: unrecognized escape sequence
C:\\DEV-C_~1\\PROJECTS\\GENERIC\\GENERIC.RC:74: unrecognized escape sequence
C:\\DEV-C_~1\\PROJECTS\\GENERIC\\GENERIC.RC:74: unrecognized escape sequence
C:\\DEV-C_~1\\PROJECTS\\GENERIC\\GENERIC.RC:75: unrecognized escape sequence
C:\\DEV-C_~1\\PROJECTS\\GENERIC\\GENERIC.RC:75: unrecognized escape sequence
C:\\DEV-C_~1\\PROJECTS\\GENERIC\\GENERIC.RC:75: unrecognized escape sequence
C:\DEV-C_~1\BIN\windres: can't open icon file `C:\Dev-C++\Projects\Generic
s.ico': No such file or directory