I am currently writing a simple screensaver in D4. I want to draw a series of Tbitmap
objects directly onto the canvas of my main form (ie not use TImage objects). I want
to include the bitmap files in a resource file so that the screensaver can be
distributed as a single .scr file.
I am currently unable to successfully load a bitmap from a resource file. This is my
first attempt at using resource files, and I suspect that I am missing something
fairly fundamental.
Here's what I've done so far:
Created an array of TBitmap objects. I want to assign a bitmap from a resource file to
each item in the array using the TBitmap.LoadFromResourceName method.
Created a resource file using D4's Image Editor tool. I added a bitmap called 'TEST'
and saved the resource file into the project's directory under the name of
'PICTURES.RES'.
Included the resource file in my unit with the following compiler directive:
{$R PICTURES.RES}
I then try the following:
BitMap1 := TBitMap.Create;
BitMap1.LoadFromResourceName(Application.Handle,'TEST');
When this code is called, an EResource exception is raised stating that the object
'TEST' could not be found in the resource file.
Am I missing something here?? Do I need to specify the name of the resource file that
'TEST' resides in somehow??
Many thanks,
James.
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