BUG: Visual C++ Doesn't Generate Dependencies for .RSC Files

• Microsoft Visual C++ Cross-Development Edition for Macintosh, version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

If a .RSC file, which is an output file of a resource compiler, is included in a .R file, which is a Macintosh resource file, using either of the following statements, the Visual Workbench will not generate dependencies for it:

• include <filename>;

  -or-

• INCLUDE <filename>;

   // resource.r

   #include "mrc\types.r"
   #include "mrc\balloons.r"
   include "wlm.rsc";
   include "commdlg.rsc";
   #include "ftab.r"

CAUSE

Dependencies are not generated for resources included with the INCLUDE statement because while it is legal to include *.RSC using the include <filename> syntax, the Visual C++ build system cannot handle this type of .RSC build.

WORKAROUND

Use one of the following workarounds:

• Remove the include(s) from the .r file and add the .rsc file(s) to the Project/Files or Project/Settings/Link/Object/Library Modules list.

  -or-

• Keep track of the .RSC files that are included in the .R file and explicitly build the files if either the .RSC files or the .R/.RC files used to generate the .RSC files change.

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