Thread: Some confusion with resources.

Having a few problems with resources. Im just getting the basics on Windows programming and I want to get the resources to work to see if im understand this any better. I have some code below, and a compiler error. I was hoping anyone could tell me how to fix this, or help in fixing it? Example :

Code:

#include <windows.h>
#include "resources.h"
#include "resources.rc"


const char gzWindow[] = "WinApp";

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_RBUTTONDOWN:
         {
              char szFname[MAX_PATH];
              HINSTANCE hInstance = GetModuleHandle(NULL);
              
              GetModuleFileName(hInstance, szFname, MAX_PATH);
              MessageBox(hwnd, szFname, "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;
}

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
 LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
 {
       WNDCLASSEX wc;
       HWND hwnd;
       MSG Msg;
       
       wc.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
       wc.style = 0;
       wc.hInstance = hInstance;
       wc.lpfnWndProc = WndProc;
       wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
       wc.hIconSm = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
       wc.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
       wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH) (COLOR_WINDOW+1);
       wc.cbClsExtra = 0;
       wc.cbWndExtra = 0;
       wc.lpszMenuName = LoadMenu(hInstance,    MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_MYMENU)); // is this right?
       wc.lpszClassName = gzWindow;
       
       if (!RegisterClassEx(&wc))
       {
         MessageBox(NULL, "windows reg error", "win reg error",
         MB_OK | MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);
         return 0;
         }
         
         hwnd = CreateWindowEx(
         WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE,
         gzWindow,
         "Test",
         WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
         CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, 240, 120,
         NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);
         
         if (hwnd == NULL)
         {
           MessageBox(NULL, "wincreate error", "wincreate error",
           MB_OK | MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);
           return 0;
           }
         ShowWindow(hwnd, nCmdShow);
         UpdateWindow(hwnd);
         
         while(GetMessage(&Msg, NULL, 0, 0) > 0)
         {
           TranslateMessage(&Msg);
           DispatchMessage(&Msg);
           }
           return Msg.wParam;
}

I have the resource info below also, but im wondering where should I declare my menu itself in there, if where I have it is not correct also.

I also get a 'gzWindow undeclared', error, when it's obvious it's declared as a constant global at the begining of the program.
And a 'IDR_MYMENU', undeclared when it is included at the begnning of the program in "resources.rc", also.

Code:

#include "resources.h"

IDR_MYMENU MENU
BEGIN
    POPUP "&FILE!"
    BEGIN
       MENUITEM "C&LOSE!", ID_FILE_EXIT
    END
END

And that's my resource file, but I also get a compiler error saying that 'IDR_MYMENU', does not name a type.

And that's about it, (I hope someone even felt like reading this :P)
if you can take some time, to glance through it and explain where I went wrong, and how to fix it id be very appreciated. Thanks, Hitachi.

Post this in the windows forum, this isnt c++