Re: add resource bitmap for splash scn

From:
"Mark Salsbery [MVP]" <MarkSalsbery[MVP]@newsgroup.nospam>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Thu, 9 Aug 2007 16:34:51 -0700
Message-ID:
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I'm taking this from VS 2005 - it was similar in 2003, I can't remember VC 6
:)

You should be able to:

1) Open the Resource View (View menu / Resource View)
2) Right click on the project to add the bitmap to
3) The Add Resource dialog appears. Click on bitmap and then click the
Import... button
4) In the FileOpenDialog, find the bitmap file to import, double-click it or
click the Open button

An ID should be assigned to the imported bitmap resource. I just did it in
VS 2005 and it automatically opened the bitmap in the bitmap resource
editor - it's there I could see the new ID.

Mark

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Mark Salsbery
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"marco RTYpe 6" <rebel-6-out@planet.nl> wrote in message
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mark,

can you tell me, step by step, what you think i should do?

m

"Mark Salsbery [MVP]" <MarkSalsbery[MVP]@newsgroup.nospam> schreef in
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Is this an app studio generated project?

Generally there's a resource.h file that tracks the next ID values used
by the resource editor to automagically assign IDs to new resources.

I generally use project/add resource or right-click in the resource view
to add a resource.

Mark

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Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
"marco RTYpe 6" <rebel-6-out@planet.nl> wrote in message
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i have a very basic question. i have included some
splash screen code with the accompanying splash header.
now, i have to add a bitmap file with an ID.
when i try to include it (add resource), a lot of things go wrong.
for instance there seems to be no ID etc.
do i have to use: solution-> add or resource files-> add, or
are those the same?

what's the proper sequence to do this, and get a working ID etc?

regards,

m

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