I need some help with resource files. I don't understand the mistake I've made in this files.
resource.h line 5 error: unqualified-id before numeric constants, resources.rc line 6 note: in expansion of macro 'IDI_MYICON'
main.cpp:
#include <iostream> #include <windows.h> #include "resource.h" const char g_szClassName[] = "myWindowsClass"; //Windows procedure LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) { switch(msg) { case WM_CREATE: { HMENU hMenu, hSubMenu; HICON hIcon, hIconSm; hMenu = CreateMenu(); hSubMenu = CreatePopupMenu(); AppendMenu(hSubMenu, MF_STRING, ID_FILE_EXIT,"E&xit"); AppendMenu(hMenu, MF_STRING | MF_POPUP, (UINT)hSubMenu,"&File"); hSubMenu = CreatePopupMenu(); AppendMenu(hSubMenu, MF_STRING, ID_STUFF_GO, "&Go"); SetMenu(hwnd, hMenu); hIcon = (HICON)LoadImage(NULL, "menu_two.ico", IMAGE_ICON, 32, 32, LR_LOADFROMFILE); if(hIcon) SendMessage(hwnd, WM_SETICON, ICON_BIG, (LPARAM)hIcon); else MessageBox(hwnd, "Could not load large icon!", "Error", MB_OK | MB_ICONEXCLAMATION); hIconSm = (HICON)LoadImage(NULL, "menu_two.ico", IMAGE_ICON, 16, 16, LR_LOADFROMFILE); if(hIconSm) SendMessage(hwnd, WM_SETICON, ICON_SMALL, (LPARAM)hIconSm); else MessageBox(hwnd, "Could not load small icon!", "Error", MB_OK | MB_ICONEXCLAMATION); } break; case WM_COMMAND: switch(LOWORD(wParam)) { case ID_FILE_EXIT: PostMessage(hwnd, WM_CLOSE, 0,0); break; case ID_STUFF_GO: break; } break; case WM_CLOSE: DestroyWindow(hwnd); break; case WM_DESTROY: PostQuitMessage(0); break; default: return DefWindowProc(hwnd, msg, wParam, lParam); } return 0; } int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow) { WNDCLASSEX wc; HWND hwnd; MSG Msg; //Registering the Window class wc.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX); wc.style = 0; wc.lpfnWndProc = WndProc; wc.cbClsExtra = 0; wc.cbWndExtra = 0; wc.hInstance = hInstance; wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_WINLOGO); wc.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_WAIT); wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)(COLOR_WINDOW+1); wc.lpszMenuName = NULL; wc.lpszClassName = g_szClassName; wc.hIconSm = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_WINLOGO); if(!RegisterClassEx(&wc)) { MessageBox(NULL, "Window Registration Failed!", "Error!", MB_ICONEXCLAMATION | MB_OK); return 0; } //Ceating the window hwnd = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE, g_szClassName, "Shopping program", WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, 544, 375, NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL); if(hwnd == NULL) { MessageBox(NULL, "Window Creation Failed!", "Error!", MB_ICONEXCLAMATION | MB_OK); return 0; } ShowWindow(hwnd, nCmdShow); UpdateWindow(hwnd); //The Message Loop while(GetMessage(&Msg, NULL, 0, 0) > 0) { TranslateMessage(&Msg); DispatchMessage(&Msg); } return Msg.wParam; } resource.h:
#include "resources.rc" #define ID_FILE_EXIT 4001 #define ID_STUFF_GO 9002 #define IDI_MYICON 9008 resources.rc:
#ifndef _RESOURCES_RC_ #define _RESOURCES_RC_ #include "resource.h" IDI_MYICON ICON "menu_two.ico" IDR_MYMENU MENU { POPUP "&File" { MENUITEM "E&xit", ID_FILE_EXIT } } #endif //_RESOURCES_RC_ 
