FindResource failing to return handle

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Hi,

I am using win32 console application which has custom resources under "BINARIES" type,having ID - IDR_BINARIES1 which refers to an external binary file(res\example.bin).

I need to load the data in file into an array,but when i find the resource i could not get handle.

This is the code snippet -

TCHAR sRestype[] = _T("BINARIES");
BOOL retVal = false;
szResName =(LPCTSTR) MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_BINARIES1);
hres = FindResource(NULL, sResName, sRestype);
if (hres == 0)
return FAIL;
nlen = SizeofResource(NULL, hres);
pArray = (BYTE*)LoadResource(0, hres);

Please help.thanks in advance

Posted 12-May-10 18:51pm

hakz.code

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Sergey Podobry 13-May-10 2:43am

Are you sure that IDR_BINARIES1 is correct and the specified resource exists in your app?

hakz.code 13-May-10 2:58am

yes

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Solution 3

Thanks for the help guys,

I got it resolved by mentioning type and name of resource in Findresource function.
I was creating a custom type of resource by clicking on Custom button in Add Resource dialog,rather now I imported the resource.

hres = FindResource(NULL,"#129", "Binaryfiles");

Posted 12-May-10 23:18pm

hakz.code

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XTL_FANS · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-12T20:49:00

Solution 2

Maybe the issue is in resource type. Because it's not the standard resource type, Specify the resource type argument with RT_RCDATA(Application-defined resource).

Posted 12-May-10 20:49pm

XTL_FANS