Re: resource files support

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-06-02 03:44:50

Hi Martin,

Martin Fuchs wrote:

> I'm new to this mailing list. And, I'm new to jam at all. ;-)
> Is there any plan to support windows *.rc files in boost build V2 ?

It's not "formally" planned for a specific date, but as I understand, Andre
Hentz is using rc compiler with V2. He posted some code which can be added
quite fast. 

Andre, would you be willing to send the compelete code? (Your post mentioned
that some error-checking is omitted)

> For compiling my project, I had to implement my own routines to handle
> resource files.
> You can see what my jam definitions in the attached file. There is also a
> rule for integrating type libraries in the resource, 

Can you tell more about it? What's type libraries and how/why one would need
to integrate it in rc file?

- Volodya