#50 Make lang compiler buildable without MFC

[Kimmo Varis]

I just realized we really must convert our .lang file compiler to be buildable without MFC.

It would be a lot easier for translators if they can download and install Visual Studio Express edition and use it to compile .lang files.

Unfortunately Visual Studio Express editions don't have MFC included, so current requirement of MFC limits things too much.

I'll take a first look at this ASAP.

[Kimmo Varis]

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Seems to be more work than I thought of - mainly because of excessive use of CString formatting. But I've done couple of steps for this and continue working with it.

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Ok, I really don't have time for this. Sad but true.

I'll leave it to todo-list, but most probably I'm not working with this before 2.8 release.

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Seems like recently added String -type is a way to go, as most of the MFC code is about CString.

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After few patches, we are very close to have this item implemented.

Last patch is:
#1783581 Build MakeResDll without MFC
http://winmerge.org/patch/1783581

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Ok, patch committed. Resource compiler now works without MFC!