I will be producing a report based on the answers received.
In a prototype program I used a text file to hold the paragraph responses of
my report with the program picking out the right paragraph based on the
responses in the questionnaire

I thought it would be good in the next version to use a resource file to keep
all the strings in

I created a resource file in Visual C++ (Coz I couldn't find a wizard in the
Learning edition of vb5) and managed to save it as a .rc file (It also created a
.h file ???)

I have found an rc.exe file in the wizard directory but when I double click on
it I get a brief flash of a DOS screen and nothing happens

I used the application wizard which did create and install a .res file but not
using the .rc file I already created - it just replaced it with stuff I didnt want
and anyway I didn't want to use the wizard in the first place)

Is it just because I have the learning edition? or am I just not seeing
something in front of my nose  how do I simply move between editing an rc
file (which I can do with my Vis C++) and creating and including in a VB
project the corresponding res file?

I have RTFM and would be grateful for some frustration relief from the great
and the good amongst you

Best wishes

Mark O'Connor

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Mark O'Connor

You will have to be in the right directory, since rc is probably not on the
path. You can drag rc.exe to the command prompt to save time.

one solution to the easy use of rc is to make that the default application
to invoke when you double-click on an *.rc file.