Is there resource size limit?

[Alexander]

I added a lot of bitmaps to my project throw
resource editor. Now my applications' size is
about 8MB. In Win95 I can't load my cursor resource. When I delete part of my pictures from
the resource everything goes normally.

Thanks in advance,
Alex

I have experienced a similar problem. There would appear to be some sort of
limit to the total number of different resources you have in a project.

I have an NT application with around 800 bitmaps(amongst other things), which
works fine on WinNT, but refuses to run on Win98. Delete any one bitmap or any
other resource(e.g. dialog/accelerator/menu) and it works without a problem.

I have yet to find out exactly what is going on or what to do about it.

Out of interest, how many different bitmaps do you have?

[Alexander]

I have thirty different bitmaps in my project resource.
My project also goes normally under NT.
It's like floating bug. I changed something in my project resource
and everything became allright. I don't remember exactly what I changed.
Maybe I removed several bitmaps and then added them again.

Alex

[Paul McKenzie]

Assuming that the resources are linked in your app, have you ever thought about creating a "resource-only" DLL that just contains the bitmaps? At runtime you just need to call LoadLibrary() and FindResource()/LoadResource() to load the desired bitmap(s). This way your final EXE is much smaller and will probably run on Win 95. Also, you don't have to re-link your app if you change one of the bitmap resources.

Regards,

Paul McKenzie

[Paul McKenzie]

See my response to "Anonymous". It basically advises to build a resource-only DLL of the bitmaps instead of linking the resources with your application (making the app much larger than necessary).

Regards,

Paul McKenzie