resource file building in Visual C++ projects

some issues fix on building menu resource file.

#include afxres.h or #include windows.h can fix this issue in resource file definition.

1. error RC2104: undefined keyword or key name: DS_SETFONT
2. http://www.winprog.org/tutorial/errors.html
1. Error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _main
2. Error C2440: cannot convert from 'void*' to 'HICON__ *' (or similar)
3. Fatal error RC1015: cannot open include file 'afxres.h'
4. Error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol InitCommonControls
5. Dialog does not display when certain controls are added
3. Resource Compiler Error RC2104
4. error RC2104 : undefined keyword or key name: ID_FILE_MRU_FILE1 in my .rc file
5. Thread: error RC2104 : undefined keyword or key name
6. Ошбика undefined keyword or key name: WS


7. fatal error RC1015: cannot open include file 'afxres.h'

the answer is:

Or, if you don't want to install MFC, you can replace the line: #include "afxres.h" with: #include

8. VS 2017 .RC file - Error RC1015 cannot open include file 'afxres.h'

In the newest version of Visual Studio 2017 this seems to have been separated into two components that needs to be installed. 1)Visual C++ ATL for x86 and x64 2)Visual C++ MFC for x86 and x64

Tools -> Get Tools and Features... will list what components are installed and allow for adding and removing of components.

9. Cannot open include file 'afxres.h' in VC2010 Express

answerThis header is a part of the MFC Library. VS Express edition doesn't contain MFC. If your project doesn't use MFC you can safely replace afxres.h with windows.h in your terrain2.rc.

Even I too faced similar issue: fatal error RC1015: cannot open include file 'afxres.h'. from this code Replacing afxres.h with Winresrc.h and declaring IDC_STATIC as -1 worked for me. (Using visual studio Premium 2012)

//#include "afxres.h" #include "WinResrc.h" #define IDC_STATIC -1

Alternatively you can create your own afxres.h:

#ifndef _AFXRES_H #define _AFXRES_H #if __GNUC__ >= 3 #pragma GCC system_header #endif #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif #ifndef _WINDOWS_H #include #endif /* IDC_STATIC is documented in winuser.h, but not defined. */ #ifndef IDC_STATIC #define IDC_STATIC (-1) #endif #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif