how use resource files?

[Cambalinho]

i undertsand that the MAINICON it's for exe icon:

#ifndef _resource_rc
#define _resource_rc

	MAINICON ICON  "x-7.ico"

#endif 

imagine that i need add more files like MP3 or even a GIF... how can i add them?

[LB]

This isn't at all C++-related, this is specific to Windows:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa381043(v=vs.85).aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc194804.aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa380599(v=vs.85).aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa381054(v=vs.85).aspx

[Cambalinho]

i'm confused:
nameID typeID filename
'typeID' it's like a keyword, or i can use any name?

[Thomas1965]

typeId refers to the type of the resource like ICON or WAV or BITMAP etc. The nameID you can choose freely

[Cambalinho]

anotherthing: from resource name(nameID), can i get just the string of filename?

[LB]

Why do you need the filename when you have both the resource and its name? That information is lost because it is irrelevant.

[Cambalinho]

my big problem is how i can get the file extension. what you can tell me?

[LB]

Why do you need the file extension? You already know what it is - you're already hard-coding the files in the resources, may as well hard-code the file extensions in your code.

[Cambalinho]

you have right.. the typeID can be the file format for help more ;)
thanks for all

[Cambalinho]

i need more help... i'm falling on using the resources :(
resource file:

#ifndef _resource_rc
#define _resource_rc


	MAINICON ICON  "x-7.ico"
    songoku ICO "C:\\Users\\Cambalinho\\Documents\\CodeBlocks\\classcontrols\\bin\\Release\\x-7.ico"
#endif 

on main.cpp:
mnuExitSys.imgMenu.FromResource(songoku, "ICO");
error: 'songoku' was not declared in this scope.
can anyone tell me where i faill?

[LB]

Cambalinho wrote:

mnuExitSys.imgMenu.FromResource

I am not familiar with this code - what library or framework are you using? Is this pure C++, or is this C++/CLI?

[Cambalinho]

my how library... it's pure C++. but i was doing several problems without know it. give me sometime, i will be back. and now i get the image.

[Cambalinho]

i need create a resource.h for resource consts:
#define songoku 101
the resource.h must be inclued on main.cpp and on resource.rc:

#include "resource.h"

MAINICON ICON  "x-7.ico"
songoku ICON "C:\\Users\\Cambalinho\\Documents\\CodeBlocks\\classcontrols\\bin\\Release\\x-7.ico"

and on LoadImage():

void FromResource(DWORD strResource, string strType)
{
HICON hicon = (HICON)LoadImage(GetModuleHandle(NULL),MAKEINTRESOURCE(strResource), IMAGE_ICON, 0, 0, NULL);

how i use it:
mnuExitSys.imgMenu.FromResource(songoku, "ICON");
i need more help:
- with 'songoku', can i get the type?(because i use 2 parameters on FromResource)

[LB]

Read the documentation more carefully:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms648045

The second parameter should be MAKEINTRESOURCE(songoku), since you are loading by ordinal and not by name. You may need to refactor your FromResource function.

[Cambalinho]

honestly i don't know use the string name. just with ' MAKEINTRESOURCE(songoku)'.
maybe you can teach me how use it... but i continue with same problem :(
how can i get the resource type?
i'm sorry, but what means 'refactor'?(i'm portuguese)

[LB]

Why do you need to get the resource type? You already know what it is - you wrote it once in the resource file, just write it again in your code.

Refactor:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_refactoring
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refatora%C3%A7%C3%A3o

[Cambalinho]

i mean for avoid the second parameter on FromResource(). what you can advice me more?

[coder777]

Why is it a problem to provide the second parameter?

[Cambalinho]

for do the things automatic

[Zhuge]

for do the things automatic

Huh? Could you rephrase that?