[Dev-C++] Problem with resource file

[Singh, M. \(GE C. F. NonGE\) <mah...@ge...>]

I am new to DevC++ so please bare with me.

I have been reading the tutorial Win32 API Tutorial
by theForger.=20

According to the Chapter Menus and Icons in the tutorial, I have created =
a .c file, .h file and .rc file containing MENNU definition and ICON =
definition.
Just to inform you I created all this without creating any project.

When I complied the code , it compiles and runs but it does not show the =
menu and the icons.

So, I thought I have to create a project. So I created a project in the =
directory where I had my files. And I included the .c, .h and .rc file. =
And when I complied it gave me this error
###################################
Compiler: Default compiler
Building Makefile: "F:\Cygwin\home\mahen\Personal\cpp\Makefile.win"
Executing  make...
make.exe -f "F:\Cygwin\home\mahen\Personal\cpp\Makefile.win" all
windres.exe -i Learning_private.rc -I rc -o Learning_private.res -O coff =


windres.exe: can't popen `gcc -E -xc -DRC_INVOKED  Learning_private.rc': =
Invalid argument

make.exe: *** [Learning_private.res] Error 1

Execution terminated
##################################

This is the content of the .h file

#################################
#define IDR_MYMENU 101
#define IDI_MYICON 201

#define ID_FILE_EXIT 9001
#define ID_STUFF_GO 9002

##################################

This is the content of .rc file

##################################
#include "resource.h"

IDR_MYMENU MENU
BEGIN
    POPUP "&File"
    BEGIN
        MENUITEM    "E&xit", ID_FILE_EXIT
    END
   =20
    POPUP "&Stuff"
    BEGIN
        MENUITEM "&Go", ID_STUFF_GO
        MENUITEM "G&o Somewhere else", 0, GRAYED
    END
END

IDI_MYICON ICON "menu_one.ico"
##################################

and this the code of .c file

#################################
#include <windows.h>

#include "resource.h"

const char g_szClassName[] =3D "myWindowClass";

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM =
lParam) {
    switch(msg) {
        case WM_CLOSE:=20
                DestroyWindow(hwnd);
            break;
        case WM_DESTROY:
                PostQuitMessage(0);
            break;
        case WM_MOUSEWHEEL : {
             char szFileName[MAX_PATH];
             HINSTANCE hInstance =3D GetModuleHandle(NULL);
            =20
             GetModuleFileName(hInstance, szFileName, MAX_PATH);
             MessageBoxA(hwnd, szFileName, "Mahen Testing", MB_OK | =
MB_ICONINFORMATION);
         }   =20
            break;
        default:
            return DefWindowProc(hwnd, msg, wParam, lParam);       =20
    }   =20
}   =20
int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR =
lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow) {
    WNDCLASSEX wc;
    HWND hwnd;
    MSG Msg;

    wc.cbSize =3D sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
    wc.style =3D 0;
    wc.lpfnWndProc =3D WndProc;
    wc.cbClsExtra =3D 0;
    wc.cbWndExtra =3D 0;
    wc.hInstance =3D hInstance;
    wc.hIcon =3D LoadIcon(GetModuleHandle(NULL), =
MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_MYICON));
    wc.hCursor =3D LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
    wc.hbrBackground =3D (HBRUSH)(COLOR_BTNFACE);
    wc.lpszMenuName  =3D MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_MYMENU);
    wc.lpszClassName =3D g_szClassName;
    wc.hIconSm       =3D (HICON)LoadImage(GetModuleHandle(NULL), =
MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_MYICON), IMAGE_ICON, 16, 16, 0);
   =20
    if(!RegisterClassEx(&wc)) {
        MessageBox(NULL, "Window Registration Failed!", "Error!", =
MB_ICONEXCLAMATION | MB_OK);
        return 0;
    }
   =20
    hwnd =3D CreateWindowEx(
            WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE,
            g_szClassName,
            "Testing Window",
            WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
            CW_USEDEFAULT,
            CW_USEDEFAULT,
            240, 120,
            NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);
           =20
    if(hwnd =3D=3D NULL) {
        MessageBox(NULL, "Window Creation Failed!", "Error!",
        MB_ICONEXCLAMATION | MB_OK);
        return 0;
    }
   =20
    ShowWindow(hwnd, nCmdShow);
    UpdateWindow(hwnd);
   =20
    while(GetMessageA(&Msg, NULL, 0, 0) > 0) {
        TranslateMessage(&Msg);
        DispatchMessage(&Msg);
    }   =20
   =20
    return Msg.wParam;

   =20
}   =20
#################################

And this is the text of the Makefile.win which DevC++ created

################################
# Project: Learning
# Makefile created by Dev-C++ 4.9.8.9

CPP  =3D g++.exe -D__DEBUG__
CC   =3D gcc.exe -D__DEBUG__
WINDRES =3D windres.exe
RES  =3D Learning_private.res
OBJ  =3D simple_window.o $(RES)
LINKOBJ  =3D simple_window.o $(RES)
LIBS =3D  -L"D:/Dev-Cpp/lib"  -lgmon -pg -g3=20
INCS =3D  -I"D:/Dev-Cpp/include"=20
CXXINCS =3D  -I"D:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++"  =
-I"D:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/mingw32"  -I"D:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/backward"  =
-I"D:/Dev-Cpp/include"=20
BIN  =3D Learning.exe
CXXFLAGS =3D $(CXXINCS)  -pg -g3
CFLAGS =3D $(INCS)  -pg -g3

.PHONY: all all-before all-after clean clean-custom

all: all-before Learning.exe all-after


clean: clean-custom
	rm -f $(OBJ) $(BIN)

$(BIN): $(OBJ)
	$(CC) $(LINKOBJ) -o "Learning.exe" $(LIBS)

simple_window.o: simple_window.c
	$(CC) -c simple_window.c -o simple_window.o $(CFLAGS)

Learning_private.res: Learning_private.rc menu.rc=20
	$(WINDRES) -i Learning_private.rc -I rc -o Learning_private.res -O coff =

##################################



Please help me as I want to learn this Win32API and am new to it.

Thanx
Mahendra