Have you tried using the Delphi resource explorer (in Demos directory) to
see what is in you compiled executable??
Do you have duplicate resources? They can cause one hell of a problem.
Myles.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Crowe [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 4:20 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list Delphi
> Subject: [DUG]: ** HUGE RES File problem **
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a rather WEIRD problem that I have tracked down to a .RES file.
>
> If any of you have a couple of minutes to try this I would appreciate it
> as it does fail for me and I would like to know what it does for you.
>
> 1) Download the .RES file in question from (it is 2.5KB)
>
> http://www.adrock.com/Delphi/Problems/Res/addatetm.res
>
> 2) Load up Delphi 2 or 3 or 4 or 5
> 3) Create a New Application
> 4) Change the Projects ICON, under Project-Options-Application, click
> the
> Load ICon and load ANY icon that you have. DO NOT USE THE DOWNLOADED
> VERSION.
> 5) Now goto Form1, and in the code you will see some lines like this
>
> var
> Form1: TForm1;
>
> implementation
>
> {$R *.DFM}
>
> 6) Add another line below the {$R *.DFM} line and add {$R ADDATETM.RES}
> so
> that you end up with
>
> var
> Form1: TForm1;
>
> implementation
>
> {$R *.DFM}
> {$R ADDATETM.RES}
>
> 7) Save the project somewhere
> 8) Copy the downloaded ADDATETM.RES file to the project directory and
> run
> it.
>
> When the MainForm loads do you get the Delphi default project icon (I
> think it is from D2 or D3) or do you get the Icon that you used at step 4?
>
> 9) If it does show you the wrong icon then change the line {$R
> ADDATETM.RES} to
>
> { $ R ADDATETM.RES}
>
> This will comment it out, and then run it again.
>
> Looking at the .RES File with Image Editor, and Microsoft Visual C++
> there
> are 5 Bitmap contained in there.
>
> TADROCKDATETIMEEDIT_BITMAP
> TADROCKDATETIMEEDIT_ARROW_BITMAP
> TADROCKDATETIMEEDIT_1ARROW95_BITMAP
> TADROCKDATETIMEEDIT_DATE_BITMAP
> TADROCKDATETIMEEDIT_ARROW95_BITMAP
>
> Can anyone explain to me what is going on here?, those bitmaps do not
> contain a copy of the Delphi (2 or 3) defualt project icon, so where is it
> coming from?
>
> Thanks for your time, and please let me know the results.
>
> Chris
>
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