Subj : Re: RC file help
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : "Gary Setter" <setterg@worldnet.att.net>
Date : Wed Apr 14 2004 10:57 am


"JBaker0623" <Jbaker0623@msn.com> wrote in message
news:407c50c4@newsgroups.borland.com...
> I created a dialog box that has a static text field and I want that field
to
> contain a string that is stored in the string table. I would also like to
> use the VERSIONINFO BLOCK but I'll try to figure that out later. The
program
> will compile (so everything is defined properly in the resource.h file)
but
> the static box is empty when run. Here is what I have so far...
>
> IDE/Compiler: Borland C++ 5.02
>
> IDD_TEST_DIALOG DIALOG 0, 0, 200, 200
> STYLE DS_MODALFRAME | DS_3DLOOK | DS_CONTEXTHELP | WS_POPUP | WS_VISIBLE |
> WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
> CAPTION "Testing Program Info and String table display"
> FONT 8,"Times New Roman"
> {
>  CONTROL "Here is the data", IDC_GROUPBOX_01, "button", BS_GROUPBOX |
> BS_CENTER | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 5, 5, 195, 195
>
>  CONTROL STRING_TABLE_101, STRING_TABLE_101, "static", SS_LEFT | WS_CHILD
|
> WS_VISIBLE, 10, 10, 180,180
> }
>
>
> VERSIONINFO_1 VERSIONINFO
> FILEVERSION 1, 0, 0, 0
> PRODUCTVERSION 1, 0, 0, 0
> FILEOS VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
> FILETYPE VFT_APP
> {
>  BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
>  {
>   BLOCK "040904E4"
>   {
>    VALUE "CompanyName", "Me, Myself and I.\000\000"
>    VALUE "FileDescription", "Test Program.\000"
>    VALUE "FileVersion", "1.00\000\000"
>    VALUE "InternalName", "DialogTest001\000"
>    VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright © None 2004\000\000"
>    VALUE "OriginalFilename", "DialogTest001.exe\000"
>   }
>
>  }
>
>  BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
>  {
>   VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1252
>  }
>
> }
>
> STRINGTABLE
> {
>  STRINGTABLE_101,"Hello World"
> }
>
> Any input to my oversight/ignorance?
>
>
1) How to use a string resource as control text.
Usually, in the SetupWindow function, I load the string and set text of the
control. I don't think you can just put the string resource id into the
definition of the control. Do you need a sample?

2)How to use the VERSIONINFO BLOCK

This is what I use:
class VersionInfoCls
{
 public:
 VersionInfoCls();
   ~VersionInfoCls();
   bool StringQuery(const char *key, char *& text);

 protected:
 void *Block;
   UINT Lang; //language code
   UINT SubLang; //sub language
};

VersionInfoCls::VersionInfoCls()
 : Block(0), Lang(0),SubLang(0)
{
 UINT word;
 DWORD param;
 std::auto_ptr<char> path(new char[_MAX_PATH]);
   GetModuleFileName(0,path.get(),_MAX_PATH);
 int size = GetFileVersionInfoSize(path.get(), &param);
 if (size) {
  Block =  new char [size] ;
      DWORD *langcodes = 0; //= LANG_USER_DEFAULT
  if (GetFileVersionInfo(path.get(),param,size,Block)) {
         if (!VerQueryValue(Block,"\\VarFileInfo\\Translation",
          (void * *)&langcodes, &word))
           return;
   if (!langcodes)
          return;
   Lang = LOWORD(*langcodes);
         SubLang = HIWORD(*langcodes);
      }
   }
}

VersionInfoCls::~VersionInfoCls()
{
 if (Block)
    delete [] Block;
}

/*
 Get a string from a VERSIONINFO block in the rc file.
 Return true if successfull.
 See the help for VerQueryValue for valid key values.
*/
bool VersionInfoCls::StringQuery(const char *key, char *& text)
{
 if (!(Block && Lang && SubLang && key && key[0]))
    return false;
 UINT word;
 char query[255];
 wsprintf(query,"\\StringFileInfo\\%04x%04x\\%s",
    Lang,SubLang, key);
   return VerQueryValue(Block,query,(void * *)&text, &word);
}

Then in setup code for the the dialog, I do something like this:

   VersionInfoCls info;
   if (info.StringQuery("FileVersion",text)) {
     versionCtrl.SetText(text);
}

Hope that helps,
Gary

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