Thread: qn on Microsoft Developer Studio generated resource script

Hi, just started on win32. I notice some Microsoft Developer Studio generated resource script in the resource script when i created a project under VC++.

In particular:

Code:

#define APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 2 resource.
//
#include "afxres.h"

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#undef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// English (U.S.) resources

#if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_ENU)
#ifdef _WIN32
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
#pragma code_page(1252)
#endif //_WIN32

#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// TEXTINCLUDE
//

1 TEXTINCLUDE DISCARDABLE
BEGIN
    "resource.h\0"
END

2 TEXTINCLUDE DISCARDABLE
BEGIN
    "#include ""afxres.h""\r\n"
    "\0"
END

3 TEXTINCLUDE DISCARDABLE
BEGIN
    "\r\n"
    "\0"
END

#endif    // APSTUDIO_INVOKED

I know how to code for menus, string tables and stuff. From what i learnt, there seems no need for the code above in resource scripts. Can someone give me a brief and simple explanation on what are they? Also, can i safely remove them( not comfortable having codes in my file when i dont understand them)?

>> not comfortable having codes in my file when i dont understand them

Read this to understand them then, cuz you probably don't want to remove them.

gg

ok, in short they are needed when i use multiples resource files. Couldnt understand 90% of what was on the URL you provided. I guess i will concentrate on the basic before i come to that at a later stage. Thanks codeplug, u helped me a great deal today.