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bobonwhidbey
bobonwhidbey

Reputation: 505

Reading a stringlist from a resource file

I'm using Delphi XE Starter. I've created a CCs.RC file and added that file to the project. A typical line in my CCs.RC file looks like this:

Danish1cc Text Danish1.cc

Directly after an Implementation line I've added

{$R CCs}

When I try to read this file into an existing stringlist, I get an [EResNotFound][1] error message. Here's the code I've used to try and read the file:

procedure LoadStringListFromResource(const ResName: string;SL : TStringList);
var
  RS: TResourceStream;
begin
  RS := TResourceStream.Create(HInstance, ResName, RT_RCDATA);
  try
    SL.LoadFromStream(RS);
  finally
    RS.Free;
  end;
end;
///
LoadStringListFromResource('Danish1cc',MySL)

My goal is to embed the file in my EXE and of course be able to read it :) Thank you for any help.

Upvotes: 7

Views: 6084

Answers (2)

Donovan Boddy
Donovan Boddy

Reputation: 489

I think the problem is with this line - {$R CCs}

You have compiled a resource file, isnt that file called CCs.res?

if so that line in your code should be {$R CCs.res}

Upvotes: 0

Andreas Hausladen
Andreas Hausladen

Reputation: 8141

Your resource's type doesn't match. In your *.RC file you use TEXT whereas in your code you use RCDATA. You must either change your *.RC file to

Danish1cc RCDATA Danish1.cc

Or you must change

RS := TResourceStream.Create(HInstance, ResName, RT_RCDATA);

to

RS := TResourceStream.Create(HInstance, ResName, 'Text');

Upvotes: 10

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