Reusing/cross-compiling 32 bit resources
lazarus / 34-Windows

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TyneBridges · 2020-06-14 13:15

I'm trying to update and compile a project that I was developing on
Windows 7 (32 bit, I think) some years ago. This is being developed
on, and is only intended to run on, Windows 10 64 bit.

Code: Text  [Select][+][-]window.onload = function(){var x1 =
document.getElementById("main_content_section"); if (x1) { var x =
document.getElementsByClassName("geshi");for (var i = 0; i Compile
Project, Target: lclient.exe: Exit code 1, Errors: 1, Warnings:
2Warning: windres [option(s)] [input-file] [output-file]Warning:
windres: supported targets: pe-i386 pei-i386 elf32-i386 elf32-little
elf32-big srec symbolsrec verilog tekhex binary ihexlclient.lpr(26,1)
Error: Error while compiling resources -> Compile with -vd for more
details. Check for duplicates.
I've looked in this forum and elsewhere for clues as to how to fix
this but can't see any advice that I'm able to understand or follow.
Looking back to advice I got here years ago (which helped me fix the
problem on Windows 7) I see a reference to GoRC.exe, which no longer
seems to exist.

My resource file icons.rc lists the following, which are all present.

Code: Text  [Select][+][-]window.onload = function(){var x1 =
document.getElementById("main_content_section"); if (x1) { var x =
document.getElementsByClassName("geshi");for (var i = 0; i i1 ICON
"i1.ico"i2 ICON "i2.ico" i3 ICON "i3.ico"i4 ICON "i4.ico"i5 ICON
"i5.ico"
I've updated a console application from the same date and this will
compile without errors. Is the error to do with cross-compilation of
resources? Any advice on how to fix it would be appreciated.

Version 2.0.8
Date: 2020-04-11
FPC Version 3.0.4
SVN Revision 62944
x86_64-win64-win32/win64

Edit: I've just spotted the info online about LRS Explorer. I've
installed that and added an lrs file with my icons in it, but still
get exactly the same errors when I try compiling.

Thanks.

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PascalDragon · 2020-06-14 14:42

Quote from: TyneBridges on June 14, 2020, 03:15:26 pmI've looked in
this forum and elsewhere for clues as to how to fix this but can't see
any advice that I'm able to understand or follow. Looking back to
advice I got here years ago (which helped me fix the problem on
Windows 7) I see a reference to GoRC.exe, which no longer seems to
exist.[/url]

You can find GoRC here. I really wonder why Lazarus distributes
Windres for Win64 instead of GoRC...

Quote from: TyneBridges on June 14, 2020, 03:15:26 pmEdit: I've just
spotted the info online about LRS Explorer. I've installed that and
added an lrs file with my icons in it, but still get exactly the same
errors when I try compiling.
LRS resources are the old style resources, not the Windows PE/COFF
based ones.

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TyneBridges · 2020-06-14 15:17

Quote from: PascalDragon on June 14, 2020, 04:42:25 pmLRS resources
are the old style resources, not the Windows PE/COFF based ones.

Thanks for your response but I don't understand what it means. How can
I add my icon resources so that Lazarus will accept them?

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lucamar · 2020-06-14 15:40

Quote from: TyneBridges on June 14, 2020, 05:17:06 pmHow can I add my
icon resources so that Lazarus will accept them?
The simplest way is, probably, by going to "Project->Project Options",
selecting "Resources" and adding them there.

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TyneBridges · 2020-06-14 17:53

Quote from: lucamar on June 14, 2020, 05:40:06 pm
The simplest way is, probably, by going to "Project->Project Options",
selecting "Resources" and adding them there.

Thanks. Adding them there seemed to work once I'd removed them from
the compiler directives in the code - at least the application will
now compile. The icon does not show in the system tray as it did in
Windows 7 so there may be other revisions needed to my code.