What is a parse error and how are they caused?

I was working on a project, and was adding a dialog to it and when I tried, all that happened was that there was a parse error in the resource file that I included in my program.

Code:

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IDD_OPTIONS DIALOG DISCARDABLE 0,0,239,66
STYLE DS_MODALFRAME | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
CAPTION "Options"
FONT 8, "MS Sans Serif"
BEGIN
    DEFPUSHBUTTON  "&OK",IDOK,174,18,50,14
    PUSHBUTTON      "&Cancel",IDCANCEL,174,35,50,14
    CTEXT          "The is a test to get it wo work",
                    IDC_STATIC,16,18,144,33
END

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A parse error means that your code is not structurally correct (i.e. syntax error).

Try changing it to

Code:

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#include <windows.h>
#define IDC_STATIC -1
IDD_OPTIONS DIALOG DISCARDABLE 0,0,239,66
STYLE DS_MODALFRAME | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
CAPTION "Options"
FONT 8, "MS Sans Serif"
BEGIN
    DEFPUSHBUTTON  "&OK",IDOK,174,18,50,14
    PUSHBUTTON      "&Cancel",IDCANCEL,174,35,50,14
    CTEXT          "The is a test to get it wo work",
                    IDC_STATIC,16,18,144,33
END

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