How to rename a .rc file and main form both made in Visual Studio 2012?

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Hello people from codeproject.

I have been doing some fixes in a project that was originally made in MFC/C++ ; I want to know how to rename the .rc file. I will explain more specifically in this picture:

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DbcEditor.rc is the object that I want to rename, something like Editor.rc

And more important, The other question, once the program is running and compiled, the main form has a main title, How could I edit it? I just want to change the text in the form, not the name itself for the object, I will expalin it better with the following picture:

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"THE CURRENT MAIN FORM" is the text that I wan to get changed.

All the information will be accepted, thanks for reading.

Regards.

Posted 7-Jan-16 7:39am

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barneyman · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-07T09:13:00

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the rename is simply right click on the rc file in the visual studio project explorer, and choose rename

the dialog caption rename is trickier ... it's either statically defined in the rc file itself (use the VS resource view to examine it) or it's set by code, probably in OnInitDialog

Posted 7-Jan-16 9:13am

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Member 11267069 7-Jan-16 15:52pm

Hello and thanks for the answer.

yeah, I have been dealing with the caption and It is trickier as you said.

How could I find the OnInitDialog code?? the this one could be placed?

Regards Barneyman.

barneyman 7-Jan-16 15:56pm

Edit/Find ?

i'd look for the string .. it'll either be in the DIALOG rc definition or it'll be a string in the stringtable (in which case then look for that define elsewhere) or it'll be inline in the code