Re: Preprocessor symbols ignored in .RC file

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On May 31, 2:12 pm, David Wilkinson <no-re...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Don:

For some reason I have never quite understood, the resources have separate
preprocessor definitions. Look in the Resources section of the project properties.

Also, if you hand edit the .rc file in an MFC project, your changes may get
overwritten. I always do this kind of thing in the .rc2 file.

--
David Wilkinson
Visual C++ MVP

Thank you! That fixed the problem. I've never even looked in that
property before.
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