Compiling in windows resources (and DSSS)

[Derek Parnell]

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:53:59 +0900, Bill Baxter wrote:

> What's the best way to compile in .ico and .rc stuff?
> Does dmd on Windows do any of that for you?
> 
> I found that I could call  "rcc resources.rc" and then add the resulting 
> .res file to the dmd command.  Is there a better way?
> 
> And for using DSSS how would I add that rc step?  Anything better than 
> this?:
> 
> [main.d]
>     prebuild = echo "Compiling resources..."; rcc main.rc
>     buildflags += main.res

I know you were not after Bud's way of doing this but here it is anyhow ...

First you have these lines in the 'Rule Definition File' (default.rdf) ...

  ----- Windows Resource Compiler --------
  This uses pragma( build, "<sourcefile>.rc");
  ----------------
  rule=Resources
  in=rc
  out=res
  tool=rc /r {@IN} /fo {@OUT}

Then in your source code you would have something like ...

  version(build) pragma(build, "main.rc");

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Derek Parnell
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