Getting Resource ID from its Name

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Hi Experts,

Is to possible to return the Resource ID form its name ? ie, in Resource.h there are values like IDR_BUTTON1 100 . I needed to return the value 100 by specifying its name as"IDR_BUTTON1". Please help me.

Thanks,
Laje.

Posted 6-Apr-11 18:57pm

Satheesh1546

Updated 6-Apr-11 19:28pm

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[no name] 7-Apr-11 3:41am

You can create the table: Resource_Name L"Resource_Name" Something like class resource_table { public: INT name; WCHAR value[50]; }; const resource_table local_program_resource_table = { {Resource_Name_1 L"Resource_Name_1"}, {Resource_Name_2 L"Resource_Name_2"}, };

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«_Superman_» · Answer 1 · 2011-04-06T19:10:00

Solution 1

IDR_BUTTON1 without the double quotes is in-fact the actual value itself.
If you look at the resource.h file you will see a line called #define IDR_BUTTON1 100.

Posted 6-Apr-11 19:10pm

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Satheesh1546 7-Apr-11 1:35am

Actually i needed to get the integer value assigned to a particular resource (From resource.h) by specifying it's name. Something like
int fnReturnResourceValue(CString strResourecName)
{
.............
return rsIDVal;
}

Satheesh1546 7-Apr-11 1:36am

The quotes are put for just emphasizing..

«_Superman_» 7-Apr-11 1:51am

Forget about that function.
Just try this -
int rsIDVal = IDR_BUTTON1;
cout << rsIDVal;

Albert Holguin 7-Apr-11 9:48am

I can't believe this is even a question... but my 5 to you for answering! :)