Simple Tutorial - 15 : More Organization

[franco]

Anand, quick thought. My includes is empty.
my configuration says
inc=yes
head=native

my resources says
edit_new BITMAP edit_new.bmp
My_F1 BITMAP My_F1.bmp
my_f2 BITMAP my_f2.bmp
my_f3 BITMAP my_f3.bmp
my_f4 BITMAP my_f4.bmp
my_f5 BITMAP my_f5.bmp
my_f6 BITMAP my_f6.bmp
my_f7 BITMAP my_f7.bmp
my_f8 BITMAP my_f8.bmp
my_f9 BITMAP my_f9.bmp
my_f10 BITMAP my_f10.bmp
my_f11 BITMAP my_f11.bmp

does configuration need anything to do with resources

I tried the program you sent me with #include <hmg.ch> and put the above in the resources file.
I get error .....resource compiler can`t open bitmap file 'edit_new.bmp':-42 no such file or directory
it is in the the resources folder in the hmg3.2 folder

Franco

[serge_girard]

Franco, I think somewhere there is a file missing, check it all!

Serge

[mol]

Put all filenames and resources i n capital letters.
Maybe it will help

[edk]

Thanks Anand, I still can not get it to work for me.
I built my own f.bmp`s and put them in the hmg 3.2 resources folder. Then entered there names as you suggested in my resource area of my program. (...)

my resources says I
edit_new BITMAP edit_new.bmp
My_F1 BITMAP My_F1.bmp
my_f2 BITMAP my_f2.bmp
my_f3 BITMAP my_f3.bmp
my_f4 BITMAP my_f4.bmp
my_f5 BITMAP my_f5.bmp
my_f6 BITMAP my_f6.bmp
my_f7 BITMAP my_f7.bmp
my_f8 BITMAP my_f8.bmp
my_f9 BITMAP my_f9.bmp
my_f10 BITMAP my_f10.bmp
my_f11 BITMAP my_f11.bmp

Try copy all .bmp files into your project folder, the same as .prg file (files), then compile.
Or copy into subfolder ex. "res" and edit resource file like this

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edit_new   BITMAP  res\edit_new.bmp
My_F1      BITMAP  res\My_F1.bmp
my_f2      BITMAP  res\my_f2.bmp
my_f3      BITMAP  res\my_f3.bmp
my_f4      BITMAP  res\my_f4.bmp
my_f5      BITMAP  res\my_f5.bmp
my_f6      BITMAP  res\my_f6.bmp
my_f7      BITMAP  res\my_f7.bmp
my_f8      BITMAP  res\my_f8.bmp
my_f9      BITMAP  res\my_f9.bmp
my_f10      BITMAP  res\my_f10.bmp
my_f11      BITMAP  res\my_f11.bmp
   

Also as PICTURE property you must use resource name, not file name, for example

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PICTURE "edit_new"

not

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PICTURE "edit_new.bmp"

Edward.

[franco]

Thank You edk, I have it working as you suggested. I put any bitmaps in my program folder and set as you said Picture "edit_new".
This works, but it would be nice to use the hmg resources.
Here is the error I get if the bmp is not in my program folder. I do not know how to set the bmp path to hmg.3.2\resources
My program folder is c:\hmg3\grtest
hbmk2: Linking... grtest.exe
gcc.exe: error: C:/hmg3/grtest/_temp.o: No such file or directory
Thanks again to all ......................Franco

[edk]

The path to bmp files you should set into grtest.rc file, ex:

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edit_new   BITMAP  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\edit_new.bmp
My_F1      BITMAP  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\My_F1.bmp
my_f2      BITMAP  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\my_f2.bmp
my_f3      BITMAP  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\my_f3.bmp
my_f4      BITMAP  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\my_f4.bmp
my_f5      BITMAP  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\my_f5.bmp
my_f6      BITMAP  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\my_f6.bmp
my_f7      BITMAP  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\my_f7.bmp
my_f8      BITMAP  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\my_f8.bmp
my_f9      BITMAP  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\my_f9.bmp
my_f10      BITMAP  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\my_f10.bmp
my_f11      BITMAP  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\my_f11.bmp

To check, is it bmp included into your grtest.exe, just extract your grtest.exe file (by 7-zip), and see folder: .rsrc\BITMAP, if doesn't exist edit_new.bmp file you do something wrong.

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By the way, in my opinion, better use PNG instead of BMP files.
Then the grtest.rc file should look like this:

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edit_new   PNG  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\edit_new.png
My_F1      PNG  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\My_F1.png
my_f2      PNG  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\my_f2.png
my_f3      PNG  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\my_f3.png
my_f4      PNG  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\my_f4.png
my_f5      PNG  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\my_f5.png
my_f6      PNG  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\my_f6.png
my_f7      PNG  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\my_f7.png
my_f8      PNG  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\my_f8.png
my_f9      PNG  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\my_f9.png
my_f10      PNG  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\my_f10.png
my_f11      PNG  c:\hmg.3.2\resources\my_f11.png

[Anand]

Hi Franco,

Hope your problem is solved from all the guidance you already got , the beauty of HMG.

Regards,

Anand

[franco]

I wish to thank all who participated in my problem. Most problems become very simple in the end.
In going through this I noticed there is a stable 3.3. The reason I used 3.2 is it showed stable in download folder.
The 3.3 looks like it has a lot more to it. Is it stable ? and do you think I should change to it. I do not want any problems for my business clients.
Thanks again ..................... Franco

[serge_girard]

Franco,

See also this topic with Button.prg , thanks to Pablo :

http://hmgforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=5128

Serge

[franco]

Thanks Serge,
This very interesting and could be useful in the future.
Franco