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  1. December 17th, 2003, 05:36 PM #1
    mrcomplex
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    How to reuse resource (.rc) in another app

    How to do you reuse a resource (.rc)/(dlgs and controls properties) file that you have created in an application? what if you wanted to use the same dialogs and controls in another application? I know that all this information is in the resource.h and the program_name.rc files, but how can I reuse those same files in another application?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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  2. December 17th, 2003, 07:34 PM #2
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    Copy it or cross-path include it (adding it to your project without copying it).
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  3. December 17th, 2003, 07:38 PM #3
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    How do I do that? thank you!
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  4. December 17th, 2003, 07:49 PM #4
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    Originally posted by mrcomplex
    How do I do that? thank you!
    Highlight the resource file, ctrl + c

    Go into folder of other program, ctrl + p

    Or including it into your other program from its current directory...
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  5. December 17th, 2003, 08:12 PM #5
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    But what if I wanna use the resource.h (and its .rc) that I already have in program X, and in addition to using this resource.h, I also wanna use the resource.h (and its .rc) of program Y. How can I use two different resource.h and .rc files in the same program?
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  6. December 17th, 2003, 08:51 PM #6
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    Originally posted by mrcomplex
    But what if I wanna use the resource.h (and its .rc) that I already have in program X, and in addition to using this resource.h, I also wanna use the resource.h (and its .rc) of program Y. How can I use two different resource.h and .rc files in the same program?
    rename......
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  7. December 17th, 2003, 10:57 PM #7
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    **** kasracer its a small world!
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  8. December 18th, 2003, 01:24 AM #8
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    Originally posted by morrowasted
    **** kasracer its a small world!
    uh??
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  9. July 15th, 2004, 12:39 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by kasracer
    rename......
    Rename? I thought I could only use 1 resource.h and .rc file in a project. Can I use more than one resource.h and .rc files? what names would work? resource2.h? xxxx2.rc? Will the compiler know to look into this files for more resources? Thanks.
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