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Re: HELP: resource compiling!


NT has problems with .stab & .stabstr
sections, try striping the .exe first,
or running res2coff then linking with
ld -s.

if that fails, then
rsrc.exe from rsxntdj1.zip
will link .res files to .exe's
without error (at least on 95:)

On Fri, 2 Jan 1998 12:29:36 EST, you wrote:

>I'm developing under NT workstation 4 using b18
>
>I've tried the following approaches to compiling resources into my app (from a
>.rc file). The app will currently compile and run without resources (it will
>just throw up a window)
>
>1) RCL -> 'not a valid windows NT application'  error
>2) WEDITRES.EXE -> doesn't seem to support .rc files. Fairly limited
>functionality         from what i can see 
>3) RC.exe (microsoft) Compiles -> RES2COFF.exe produces .o file. If this .o
>file is linked in with the main program, running the final exe produces 'not a
>valid windows NT application' error
>
>Can anybody suggest an alternative - or something i might be able to do to get
>this to run?
>
>Thanks
>
>Mike Guest
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