URGENT!! Compiler ?'s

[US101]

I have a VC++ 6.0 program that uses sounds and graphics. The sounds are compiled into the EXE. How can I get the graphics into the exe aswell? (They are bitmaps)

Thank you

US101

[SteveCRM]

look up resource files

[US101]

Ok, I have placed all of my Graphics into a resource file. When I compile the exe, they are in the exe, as the exe os huge now. But, in my app, I am calling a class that expects a filename. At the moment I am passing it "image.bmp". That image is in a different folder, so I have to set the working dir. What I want is to pass the class a filename, but VC++ looks for that filename in my resources or something.

Any ideas? I may be going about this all wrong, but I am new to VC++

US101

[HarryW]

I am pretty sure there are functions in the Windows API that allow you to get resources out of the resource file. I would tell you what they are... but I forgot

[US101]

I have my app. I have another C++ class that someone else made. I call LoadGraphic() that is in the other class. LoadGraphic expects a Graphic object, also made by the same person, and a filename.

Ex.

GObject img1;

class.LoadGraphic(img1, "image1.bmp");

This basically stores image1.bmp and puts in img1. Then I can do class.DrawGraphic(img1, 0, 0); etc...

But, I want all of my images to be placed into the exe, so how do I pass a file name? If I try MAKEINTRESOURCE(image1). then the compiler does not complain, but when I run, it says that an access violation has occured and then VC++ asks where is STRCAT.asm file??????? whatever that is

thanks


US101

[CornedBee]

Obviously this class is not capable of loading resources. There's nothing you can do except extending the class (if possible).
Loading the resource and saving it to a temporary file would be a solution, but it's simply not worth it.

[Zaei]

Its also not a very good idea to save all of your images into the exe. What happens when you want to update? Instead of your users having to download a 65kb file, they have to download a 3.5mb file.

Z.

[parksie]

I thought there was a limit on bitmap size in a resource? 64K or something