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VS2008 Express Editions and Resources

I want to add resources (like an icon) to a WinAPI based program in VC ++ 2008 EE and am afraid. As there is no resource editor bundled with the IDE, is it possible?

My google searches seem to be related to C # or other managed frameworks.

Thanks everyone,

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I'm afraid there is no resource editor in the Express Edition. (edit) I couldn't find the feature matrix on the official site, but Wikipedia says so, so it should be correct; )



You can look at third party tools - a quick web search throws up ResEdit as a possible answer.

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There used to be a matrix that would explicitly indicate that EE does not have such a feature, but I also cannot find it anymore.

Unfortunately, you cannot edit * .rc files graphically with Visual Studio 2008 EE. Only "Standard Edition" and above have a built-in resource editor. With Express Edition, you can only edit windows via WYSIWYG.



As Steve Haig said, you can create such a file using ResEdit or any other text editor, and just add this generated / written file to your project. VC2008EE will be able to compile a * .rc file, despite the lack of a graphical editor.

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