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Why can't I create my dialog box? Rookie mistake #1

February 6, 2007 Feb 6, 2007 02/6/07

Raymond Chen

Each dialog box resource is specified either by an integer ordinal or by a string name. But a simple typo will turn one into the other. Do you see the two "classic rookie mistakes"? It may be easier to spot if you take the resource file and send it through the preprocessor first: The first call to passes as the resource name. But ...