LoadResource function

[vbgladiator]

Hey to all,

I have a little c++ prog that is suppose to load a resource file into memory.
I have metafiles that I want to use in my program. Currently they reside on the hard drive, but I don't want to dstribute them anymore. instead I want to include them in the file itself (it's a dll file.). I created a new resource type Metafile and imported all teh metafiles there.

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>

LPTSTR Metas[3] = {"Graphic1", "JVEST01C", "JVEST01F"};
HRSRC reshandle;

void main()
{
	printf("1st element: %s\n", Metas[0]);
	printf("2nd element: %s\n", Metas[1]);
	printf("3rd element: %s\n", Metas[2]);
	
	reshandle = FindResource(NULL, Metas[0], "Metafile");
	
	if (reshandle == NULL)
		printf("Did not find resource.\n\n");
	
	printf("Press any key to exit...\n");
	getchar();
}

However, it is not returning the handle to teh resource.
Any ideas why?

[vbgladiator]

Hey,

I have this so far.

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



int Metas[3] = {Graphic1, JVEST01C, JVEST01F};
HRSRC reshandle;
HMODULE hexe;
HGLOBAL hglobal;
char *lock;

void main()
{
	printf("1st element: %d\n", Metas[0]);
	printf("2nd element: %d\n", Metas[1]);
	printf("3rd element: %d\n", Metas[2]);
	hexe = GetModuleHandle(NULL);

	reshandle = FindResource(hexe, MAKEINTRESOURCE(Metas[0]), "Metafile");

	if (reshandle == NULL)
		printf("Did not find resource.\n");
	else
		printf("reshandle: %d\n", reshandle);
	

	hglobal = LoadResource(hexe, reshandle);
	
	if (hglobal == NULL)
		printf("Did not load resource\n");
	else
		printf("hglobal: %d\n", hglobal);

	lock = (char*) LockResource(hglobal);
	if (lock == NULL)
		printf("could not lock resource\n");
	else
		printf("lock: %d\n", lock);

	printf("Press any key to exit...\n");
	getchar();
	UnlockResource(hglobal);
}

I need to be able to convert the resource into an istream type. How would I go about doing that? I realize that right now, it is being read into a char data type but it is just for testing. I am fairly new to C++ so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,