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Hi,



I am building an application with a Resource file. When I used the VB6 P&D

utility to package it, I forgot to add this resource file to the file list.



Then, when I installed it in my PC and ran it, I expected some error will

happen because of my mistake. But, everything is fine, the content of my

resource file is there!



I try to find this resource file in the $(AppPath) or $(WinSysPath), but

Nothing.



I wonder where the resource file is installed.



Has it become part of the .exe file after complied?



If Yes, does it mean that when the .exe loaded, all the resource content

will reside in memory, not in disk? If it is true, I think I shouldn't put

some rarely-used bulk data in the resource file (,instead, in a separate disk

file). Right?



Thanks in advance for any explanation.





Wyne


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Resource files are generally built right into the EXE (or DLL/OCX) at compile time.

The closest you'd ever come to shipping them standalone would be as a resource-only

DLL, most likely.

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Wyne wrote:





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"Wyne" <Wyne@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



Yes.



Yes.



Yes.







That was fun.





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Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB] wrote:

Mustabeen! You read the whole post before responding! <g>

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