Need help with solving this compiler error

[SomeAmazingGuy]

I am trying to make a .rc (run command) file so that i can make a windows menu for my word processor application, but the compiler keeps giving me this error "expected unqualified ID before numeric constant"


Here is my .rc file..

#define ID_Menu 100
#define ID_Save 0
#define ID_Open 1
#define ID_SaveAs 2

ID_Menu MENU DISCARDABLE   //COMPILER ERROR
{
    POPUP "File"
        {
           MENUITEM "Save", ID_Save
           MENUITEM "Open", ID_Open
           MENUITEM "Save As", ID_SaveAs
        }

};

Ok so I know that an unqualified ID is some sort of object/variable that does NOT have an indication to where it belongs, and the numeric constant is the ID_Menu.. So what should i put before the numeric constant to make this work?

[Homberto]

you do the #defines in your header file.

[SomeAmazingGuy]

I have already tried moving the #defines to it's own header file but it still won't work.


here is the header file.

//resource.h

#define ID_Menu 100             /* The Menu Identifier */
#define ID_Save 0               /* The menu item identifiers */
#define ID_Open 1
#define ID_SaveAs 2 

and here is the .rc file

#include "resource.h"

ID_Menu MENU DISCARDABLE       //error is still here
{
    POPUP "File"
        {
           MENUITEM "Save", ID_Save
           MENUITEM "Open", ID_Open
           MENUITEM "Save As", ID_SaveAs
        }

};

I still get the same compiler error " expected unqualified ID before numeric constance"

[liuyang]

Haven't been creating win32 resources manually for a long time. I just created one in Visual Studio, and it gives the following code:

#define IDC_MENU 100
#define IDM_ABOUT 101
#define IDM_EXIT 102

IDC_MENU MENU
BEGIN
    POPUP "File"
    BEGIN
        MENUITEM "Exit", IDM_EXIT
    END
    POPUP "Help"
    BEGIN
        MENUITEM "About", IDM_ABOUT
    END
END

[SomeAmazingGuy]

I am still getting the same compiler error.. I have tried adding the BEGIN and END. I have also tried removing the brackets to see if it would make a difference. But the compiler keeps giving this error "expected unqualified ID before numeric constant"

Can anyone help me?

[SomeAmazingGuy]

Nevermind, i figured it out.

It turns out that i wasn't supposed to include the .rc file in the c++ source code file.