Including Resources
June 13, 2002 04:26 PM
I am going through chapter 3 in Tricks. It is covering including resources such as .wav, icons, etc. What I don''t understand is why would you makw reference to symbolic identifiers? It seems more work than to just use a string name. What are the difference between the two? And if you include them by string name, there is no need for a resource header file right?
Thank You
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June 13, 2002 04:31 PM
Well, mine wouldn''t actually work with string resources.
Insert > Resource
If you''re using VC++ then add resources that way, it automatically creates your .rc script and creates resource.h, so make sure you
The resource thing is easy to use, you add it, then name it, then you can use it - quicker than the way Lamothe shows you. Although it''s doing what he said, just without needing you much
Insert > Resource
If you''re using VC++ then add resources that way, it automatically creates your .rc script and creates resource.h, so make sure you
#include "resource.h" The resource thing is easy to use, you add it, then name it, then you can use it - quicker than the way Lamothe shows you. Although it''s doing what he said, just without needing you much
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June 13, 2002 04:33 PM
Yes, you don''t need headers to reference resources by string names. However, looking up integers is faster than looking up strings, and strings take much more memory. MS recommends that everyone use identifiers instead of strings.
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June 13, 2002 05:58 PM
another on this topic:
does VC++ add rescources by constant or string? I am assuming constant since you say they recommend that everyone use identifiers instead of strings.
does VC++ add rescources by constant or string? I am assuming constant since you say they recommend that everyone use identifiers instead of strings.
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June 13, 2002 10:25 PM
Yea, constant.
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