Syntax Error in resource

Well, reading this tutorial, I'm trying to create a dialog.

The dialog code in resource

Code:

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// About dialog
IDD_ABOUT DIALOG DISCARDABLE 0, 0, 150, 100
STYLE DS_MODALFRAME | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
CAPTION "About"
FONT 8, "MS Sans Serif"
{
        DEFPUSHBUTTON "&Ok", IDOK, 90, 75, 50, 14
        CTEXT "Just a test program to practice Windows programming in C++\r\nMade by Lucas van Dijk.", IDC_STATIC, 7, 7, 134, 80
}

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main.cpp

Code:

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#include <windows.h>
#include "resource.h"

/*  Declare Windows procedure  */
LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProcedure (HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);
BOOL CALLBACK AboutDlgProc(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);

/*  Make the class name into a global variable  */
char szClassName[ ] = "WindowsApp";

int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hThisInstance,
                    HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                    LPSTR lpszArgument,
                    int nFunsterStil)

{
    HWND hwnd;              /* This is the handle for our window */
    MSG messages;            /* Here messages to the application are saved */
    WNDCLASSEX wincl;        /* Data structure for the windowclass */

    /* The Window structure */
    wincl.hInstance = hThisInstance;
    wincl.lpszClassName = szClassName;
    wincl.lpfnWndProc = WindowProcedure;      /* This function is called by windows */
    wincl.style = CS_DBLCLKS;                /* Catch double-clicks */
    wincl.cbSize = sizeof (WNDCLASSEX);

    /* Use default icon and mouse-pointer */
    wincl.hIcon = LoadIcon (hThisInstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_APP_ICON));
    wincl.hIconSm = LoadIcon (hThisInstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_APP_ICON));
    wincl.hCursor = LoadCursor (NULL, IDC_ARROW);
    wincl.lpszMenuName = MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_MYMENU);                /* No menu */
    wincl.cbClsExtra = 0;                      /* No extra bytes after the window class */
    wincl.cbWndExtra = 0;                      /* structure or the window instance */
    /* Use Windows's default color as the background of the window */
    wincl.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH) COLOR_BACKGROUND + 4;

    /* Register the window class, and if it fails quit the program */
    if (!RegisterClassEx (&wincl))
    {
        MessageBox(NULL, "Could not register window", "Error!", MB_ICONEXCLAMATION | MB_OK);
        return 0;
    }

    /* The class is registered, let's create the program*/
    hwnd = CreateWindowEx (
          0,                  /* Extended possibilites for variation */
          szClassName,        /* Classname */
          "Test schermpje",      /* Title Text */
          WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, /* default window */
          CW_USEDEFAULT,      /* Windows decides the position */
          CW_USEDEFAULT,      /* where the window ends up on the screen */
          544,                /* The programs width */
          375,                /* and height in pixels */
          HWND_DESKTOP,        /* The window is a child-window to desktop */
          NULL,                /* No menu */
          hThisInstance,      /* Program Instance handler */
          NULL                /* No Window Creation data */
          );
         
        if(hwnd == NULL)
        {
                MessageBox(NULL, "Could not create window", "Error!", MB_ICONEXCLAMATION | MB_OK);
                return 0;
        }
       
    /* Make the window visible on the screen */
    ShowWindow (hwnd, nFunsterStil);

    /* Run the message loop. It will run until GetMessage() returns 0 */
    while (GetMessage (&messages, NULL, 0, 0) > 0)
    {
        /* Translate virtual-key messages into character messages */
        TranslateMessage(&messages);
        /* Send message to WindowProcedure */
        DispatchMessage(&messages);
    }

    /* The program return-value is 0 - The value that PostQuitMessage() gave */
    return messages.wParam;
}


/*  This function is called by the Windows function DispatchMessage()  */

LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProcedure (HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
    switch (message)                  /* handle the messages */
    { 
                case WM_CLOSE:
                        DestroyWindow(hwnd);
                break;
                case WM_DESTROY:
            PostQuitMessage (0);      /* send a WM_QUIT to the message queue */
        break;
        case WM_COMMAND:
                        switch(LOWORD(wParam))
                        {
                                case ID_FILE_EXIT:
                                        PostMessage(hwnd, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0);
                                break;
                                case ID_HELP_ABOUT:
                                {
                                        int ret = DialogBox(GetModuleHandle(NULL), MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDD_ABOUT), hwnd, AboutDlgProc);
                                        if(ret == IDOK)
                                        {
                                                MessageBox(hwnd, "User clicked OK", "Notice", MB_OK | MB_ICONINFORMATION);
                                        }
                                        else if(ret == -1)
                                        {
                                                MessageBox(hwnd, "We got an error!", "Notice", MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
                                        }
                                }       
                                break;
                        }
                        break;                       
        default:                      /* for messages that we don't deal with */
            return DefWindowProc (hwnd, message, wParam, lParam);
    }

    return 0;
}

BOOL CALLBACK AboutDlgProc(HWND hwnd, UINT Message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
        switch(Message)
        {
                case WM_INITDIALOG:
                        return TRUE;
                case WM_COMMAND:
                        switch(LOWORD(wParam))
                        {
                                case IDOK:
                                        EndDialog(hwnd, IDOK);
                                break;
                        }
                break;
                default:
                        return FALSE;
        }
       
        return TRUE;
}

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But then, when I try to compile it with Dev-C++ (latest version) I get the following error:

Quote:

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26 D:\Dev-Cpp\projects\Test\resource.rc [Resource error] syntax error

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Line 26:

Code:

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        CTEXT "Just a test program to practice Windows programming in C++\r\nMade by Lucas van Dijk.", IDC_STATIC, 7, 7, 134, 80

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But I don't see any mistakes?

What's the problem?

In your resource script you forgot:

Code:

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#include <afxres.h>
#include "resource.h"

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Ah Great!

It works now :)

thanks!