HOWTO: Create a Resource DLL File Containing an AVI

• Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, version 5.0

SUMMARY

This article shows you how to add an AVI file to a resource file and then compile that file into a DLL file. Other programs, such as Visual Basic, can access the DLL file.

MORE INFORMATION

1. Start Visual C. On the File menu, click New and go to the Projects tab. Click Win32 Dynamic-Link Library and enter the name of your project in the Project Name text box. Click OK to close the dialog box. Click the File View tab.

2. Create the resource script file by completing the following steps:

   a. On the Insert menu, click Resource to display the Resource dialog

         box.
   

   b. Click the Import button to open the Import Resource dialog box.

         Choose your AVI file and click the Import button to close the dialog
         box. The Custom Resource Type dialog box displays.
   

   c. Type AVI in the Resource Type dialog box and click OK to close the

         Resource Type dialog box. A hexadecimal dump of the Script1 resource
         script file displays in a window. Close this window.
   

   d. Save the resource script file with an .rc file name extension.

3. On the Project menu, click Add to Project, and click Files. Add your resource script file to the project.

4. Add the /NOENTRY parameter to the Project settings by completing the following steps:

   a. On the Project menu, click Settings. The Project Setting dialog box

         displays.
   

   b. Click the Link tab and type /NOENTRY to the Project Options text box.

         Click OK to close the dialog box.
   

5. Create the DLL file. From the Build menu, click Build <projectname>.dll.

REFERENCES

For an example of how to access a compiled DLL file containing an AVI file, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q173668
   TITLE     : How to Play an AVI Stored in a Resource DLL