Changes between Version 14 and Version 15 of DevelopersFAQ

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Aug 20, 2007, 5:35:34 AM (17 years ago)

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 This says you have a bad bitmap. What you need to do is figure out the file name. Start with fm3dll2.h. Find the name assigned to id 999. This is IDM_HELP. Look this up in fm3.rc. This says there's something wrong with your copy of bitmaps\HELP.BMP.
 
+=== Error message indicating wrong rc.exe ===
+
+Operating System/2 Program Maintenance Utility[[BR]]
+Version 4.00.001 Oct 4 2001[[BR]]
+Copyright (C) IBM Corporation 1988-2001[[BR]]
+Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1988-1991[[BR]]
+All rights reserved.[[BR]]
+
+Updating resources only[[BR]]
+nmake /nologo / MAKERES=1[[BR]]
+cd dll[[BR]]
+nmake /nologo /L[[BR]]
+internal\mkstr[[BR]]
+SYS1041: The name internal\mkstr is not recognized as an[[BR]]
+internal or external command, operable program or batch file.[[BR]]
+NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'D:\OS2\CMD.EXE' : return code '1041'[[BR]]
+Stop.[[BR]]
+
+
+Try running rc.exe from the command line. You will probably see[[BR]]
+
+Operating System/2 Resource Compiler[[BR]]
+Version 4.00.006 Sep 16 1997[[BR]]
+
+What you need to see is[[BR]]
+
+IBM RC (Resource Compiler) Version 5.00.002 Dec 18 1997[[BR]]
+
+Move the defective rc.exe out of the PATH and your problems are likely to disappear.
+
+The problem files are[[BR]]
+
+[d:\toolkit\archived]dir rc*[[BR]]
+
+Volume in drive D is DRV_D Serial number is A8CB:6815[[BR]]
+Directory of D:\Toolkit\Archived\rc*[[BR]]
+
+4-27-98 12:14 88,051 0 RC.EXE[[BR]]
+4-27-98 12:14 111,908 0 RC4.INF[[BR]]
+4-27-98 12:14 15,314 0 RCPP.ERR[[BR]]
+4-27-98 12:14 47,331 0 RCPP.EXE[[BR]]
+262,604 bytes in 4 files and 0 dirs 263,168 bytes allocated[[BR]]
+2,788,724,736 bytes free[[BR]]
+
+As you might notice, I store these files in the Archived directory just in case I need to maintain something to insists on using this version of rc.
+
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