Description

Most C++ compilers need a resource file in order to create a DLL aimed at storing images. The dBASE Resource File Builder allows the user to create such a .rc file in a few easy steps. First, click on the Load… pushbutton to select the folder where are located the images to be listed in the resource file.

As soon as a folder is selected, the filenames of all the images in that folder become listed in the Excluded from the .rc file listbox, at left. Use the Add or Add All pushbuttons to prepare the list of the filenames to appear in the .rc file.

When the list is completed, click the Build pushbutton and write the name of your resource file in the dialog box. Finally, click the OK pushbutton.

The following message box will appear as soon as your resource file has been saved (note: it is saved in the current folder — where your image files are located). The message box offers the possibility to consult the .rc file. If the user clicks on the Yes button…

…it will be loaded in Notepad. Otherwise, the user is brought back to the main form of the dBASE Resource File Builder.

Shortcommings

The dBASE Resource File Builder will only deal with filenames of images that have the following extensions: .bmp, .gif, .ico, .jpg or .jpeg, .tif or .tiff, .png, .wmf, .xbm, .dib, .emf, .pcx and .eps.

Installation

1. Install the dBASE PLUS Runtime Engine (7.2 MB). This is the Virtual Machine needed for any dBASE PLUS application to run.
2. Download S_RFB.zip (a mere 29 Kb).
3. Extract the executable it contains in the folder where you would like the Resource File Builder to be located.
4. Create a shortcut to Resource File Builder.exe on your Desktop or in your Start Menu.

History

• Version 1.0 (September 2007)

 Nothing.