New to Win32

I have a resource file that defines my menu for my window. Now the program compiles fine when I don't include the resource file in my project but when I do, I get and error saying "No rule to make target 'all'. What does this mean and what am I doing wrong? Here is the code I have for the project.

MAIN WINDOWS CODE:
#include <windows.h>
#include "resource.h"

//windows class name
const char g_szClassName[] = "myWindowClass";

//the windows procedure
//this handles all the messages sent to the window
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam){
switch(msg){
case WM_LBUTTONDOWN:
{
char szFileName[MAX_PATH];
HINSTANCE hInstance = GetModuleHandle(NULL);
GetModuleFileName(hInstance, szFileName, MAX_PATH);
MessageBox(hwnd, szFileName, "This program is:", MB_OK | MB_ICONINFORMATION);
}
break;
case WM_CLOSE:
DestroyWindow(hwnd);
break;
case WM_DESTROY:
PostQuitMessage(0);
break;
default:
return DefWindowProc(hwnd, msg, wParam, lParam);
}
return 0;
}

//the main window function
int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow){
//variable declarations and initializations
//instance of the extended window class
WNDCLASSEX wc;
//window handle
HWND hwnd;
//instance of the message class
MSG Msg;

//register the window class
wc.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
wc.style = 0;
wc.lpfnWndProc = WndProc;
wc.cbClsExtra = 0;
wc.cbWndExtra = 0;
wc.hInstance = hInstance;
wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
wc.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)(COLOR_WINDOW + 1);
wc.lpszMenuName = NULL;
wc.lpszClassName = g_szClassName;
wc.hIconSm = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);

//check to see if the class failed to register
if(!RegisterClassEx(&wc)){
MessageBox(NULL, "Window Registration Failed!", "Error!", MB_ICONEXCLAMATION | MB_OK);
return 0;
}

//create the window
hwnd = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE, g_szClassName, "The Title of my Window",
WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, 240, 120,
NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);

//check to see if the window create failed
if(hwnd == NULL){
MessageBox(NULL, "Window Creation Failed", "Error!", MB_ICONEXCLAMATION | MB_OK);
return 0;
}

//draw the window
ShowWindow(hwnd, nCmdShow);
UpdateWindow(hwnd);

//the message loop
while(GetMessage(&Msg, NULL, 0, 0) > 0){
TranslateMessage(&Msg);
DispatchMessage(&Msg);
}

return Msg.wParam;
}


RESOURCE.H:
#define IDR_MYMENU 101
#define ID_FILE_EXIT 9001
#define ID_STUFF_GO 9002

MENU.RC:
#include "resource.h"

IDR_MYMENU MENU
BEGIN
POPUP "$File"
BEGIN
MENUITEM "E&xit", ID_FILE_EXIT
END
POPUP "&Stuff"
BEGIN
MENUITEM "&Go", ID_STUFF_GO
MENUITEM "G&o Somewhere Else", 0, GRAYED
END
END

Unfortunately, this isn't a compiler problem. You have a problem with your make file or your linker or maybe even your project file. If you're new, that won't be very helpful... :-(

What compiler and IDE are you using? I'll probably only be able to help if you're using mingw with dev-cpp, as I don't use visual c, but maybe someone else will help you out.

I'm using Dev-C++.

I think it might be the linker because I retyped this code three times into three separate projects and it still gives me the error.

I just encountered the problem myself.. lol

How i solved it was I went into my project directory and deleted all of the .o files, and the make file, and the rc files that are marked private, then I went rebuild all.

What probably happaned is you went to create a new resource file, and it gave you a file called untitled1.rc. Then you put in your rc script, and renamed the file to resource.rc... (that's what I did)

Renaming the file crashed the resorce compiler inside dev-cpp... because dev-cpp actually creates a resource file called private_something.rc which includes your resource file.... and now the include fails cause you've renamed the file, and it dies.... stupid bug.... dev-cpp is full of them.

Most of them can be solved by closing, deleting all the temp files in your directory, reopening, and clicking rebuild all from the menu.

So basically don't rename the resource file and delete all the temp files?