Re: Re: resource files support

From: Andre Hentz (gclbb-jamboost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-06-05 01:12:21

On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> I've just comitted rc.jam with the change described above. So resource
> compiler is supported by V2. Thanks to Andre!
>
> BTW, do I understand correctly that on windows it's common to produce
> *.res file from *.rc, not .obj from .rc --- as we have now? Andre, can you
> clarify why you choose to create .obj? Was the intention to make the same
> Jamfile work on FreeBSD?
>

That was the least intrusive way that I found. Also, I haven't had
any experience with resource file before so I thought it natural to treat
the output of the resource compiler as an .obj. I have no preference, I
just took the least effort route.

Best,

Andre Hentz