Resource.h: where is RCDATA?

[jj2007]

Unfortunately, this builds just fine, without errors:

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#include "resource.h"
99 RT_RUBBISH "somefile.gif"

But it doesn't run as expected: It needs, precisely, RCDATA (and not RT_RCDATA or RC_DATA).

The problem here is that the resource compiler does not complain about wrong spellings; which leads to unnecessary bug chasing sessions :(

The only references to that family of constants in resource.h are these:

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#define VS_FILE_INFO RT_VERSION
#define RT_MANIFEST 24

Are the other ones defined somewhere else, or are they built into the resource compiler?

Btw our friends in Richmond have these to offer:

Resource Types

RT_RCDATA
MAKEINTRESOURCE(10)

RCDATA resource

Defines a raw data resource for an application. Raw data resources permit the inclusion of binary data directly in the executable file.

syntax
nameID RCDATA  [optional-statements] {raw-data  ...}

Perfect, isn't it? Both build fine, but 99 RCDATA "somefile.gif" and 99 10 "somefile.gif" work, RT_RCDATA fails.

[hutch--]

 

RC.EXE is also a friendly PIG, get it wrong and it dumps garbage in your directory. Solution is to get it right. RC.EXE does not hold your hot little hand either.

[jj2007]

Hutch,

Don't worry, you don't have to hold my hot little hand, I'm a grown-up. I am just flagging a potential source of wasting our members' precious time due to
a) rc.exe not throwing errors where it should and
b) ambiguous or plainly wrong MSDN documentation.

[hutch--]

Its a bit late, RC.EXE has been a pig for the last 30 years.