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To: PositivePi AT aol DOT com
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Subject: Re: windres - file version info & icons- 20.1 win98 
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 17 Jun 1999 16:23:03 EDT."
             <1b2eab15 DOT 249ab327 AT aol DOT com> 
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 16:23:46 -0500
From: Mumit Khan <khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT EDU>

PositivePi AT aol DOT com writes:
> Hi..
> 
>   I cant seem to get windres to compile file version info resources 
> correctly, or icons how i _think_ they are supposed to be compiled.  I'm 
> using cygwin b20.1 as it came in full.exe.  I'm invoking windres with 
> "windres -i llama.rc -o llama.res -O coff".  I'm compiling with "gcc 
> -mwindows -mno-cygwin ...".  windres generates no errors when I try to 
> compile them.  Other resources, such as dialogs, appear to work fine.
> 1)  When I try to compile in file version info, it "kind of" works.  A 
> "Version" tab appears in the "File Properties" dialog.  However, all of the 
> fields (File Version, Description, Copyright) are blank, and no items appear 
> in the "Other version information" list box.  I tried using part of a .rc 
> file distributed with the MS Platform SDK:
> 1 VERSIONINFO
> FILEVERSION     1,0,0,0

[...]

This is a known bug in the windres distributed with Cygwin b20.1. It's
been fixed for the next release. In the meantime, you can pick up a
pre-built copy for Cygwin b20.1 from the following site:
  
  ftp://ftp.xraylith.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/cygwin/misc/

Regards,
Mumit


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