RW2002 Error "Cannot Reuse String Constants" in RC.EXE

Last reviewed: November 2, 1995
Article ID: Q21569

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows versions 3.0 and 3.1
Microsoft Win32 SDK, versions 3.1, 3.5, 3.51, and 4.0

SUMMARY

The error "Cannot Reuse String Constants" will be returned by the Resource Compiler if you have used the same ID value to define two different string constants.

For example, the following error is returned when compiling the resource file:

   Cannot Reuse String Constants

The file MY.RC may contain the following lines:

MORE INFORMATION

The following sample code can be used to demonstrate the problem.

Sample Code

   StringTable
   begin
      1, "one"
      2, "two"
      3, "three"
      1, "four"
   end

Note that "one" and "four" have the same value. This error may be less noticeable if you are using both decimal and hexadecimal notation in your RC file. In the following example, 0x010 and 16 have the same value and generate the error:

    0x010, "hex 10"
    10, "ten"
    11, "eleven"
    15, "fifteen"
    16, "sixteen"

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.10 3.50 4.00 95 RW2002 RC2151
KBCategory: kbtool
KBSubcategory: TlsRc

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1995
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