Dev-Cpp: Resource Script Syntax

[digitaltsai]

What is the proper syntax for this?

IDD_ABOUT DIALOG DISCARDABLE  0, 0, 239, 66
STYLE DS_MODALFRAME | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
CAPTION "My About Box"
FONT 8, "MS Sans Serif"
BEGIN
    DEFPUSHBUTTON   "&OK",IDOK,174,18,50,14
    PUSHBUTTON      "&Cancel",IDCANCEL,174,35,50,14
    GROUPBOX        "About this program...",IDC_STATIC,7,7,225,52
    CTEXT           "An example program showing how to use Dialog Boxes\r\n\r\nby theForger",
                    IDC_STATIC,16,18,144,33
END

Got it of of here

It keeps giving me a syntax error.

[Niara]

Did you predefined the IDC_STATIC identifyers? Try to change them by some int, that should work. Then define them before use. And include also the windows.h in the rc file.
Niara

[digitaltsai]

defining IDC_STATIC does save some futures problems. Right now though, I still keep getting syntax error on this line (its highlighted when I try to compile it):

STYLE DS_MODALFRAME | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU

Here is my full resource code:

#include "main.h"
MAINMENU MENU
{
    POPUP "&File"
    {
        MENUITEM "E&xit", ID_FILE_EXIT
    }

    POPUP "&Stuff"
    {
        MENUITEM "&About", ID_ABOUT
        MENUITEM "G&o somewhere else", 0, GRAYED
    }
}

IDD_ABOUT DIALOG DISCARDABLE  0, 0, 239, 66
STYLE DS_MODALFRAME | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
CAPTION "My About Box"
FONT 8, "MS Sans Serif"
BEGIN
    DEFPUSHBUTTON   "&OK",IDOK,174,18,50,14
    PUSHBUTTON      "&Cancel",IDCANCEL,174,35,50,14
    GROUPBOX        "About this program...",IDC_STATIC,7,7,225,52
    CTEXT           "An example program showing how to use Dialog Boxes\r\n\r\nby theForger",
                    IDC_STATIC,16,18,144,33
END

Here is my main.h code:

#define ID_FILE_EXIT 9001
#define ID_ABOUT 9002

#define IDOK 9003
#define IDCANCEL 9004
#define IDC_STATIC 9009

[Snip]

You should also include windows.h in your resource files

[digitaltsai]

doh! I should have listened the first time to the suggestion of including windows.h

I thought you were refering to something like main.h

Thanks, it works perfectly now!