BUG: RC /fe Switch Does Not Work

 Last reviewed: January 5, 1995
Article ID: Q99670
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

Specifying the /fe filename does not create a new executable file with the specified filename. The Resource Compiler (RC) doesn't return an error message indicating there is a problem. For example, when you specify GENERIC.EXE to be renamed to BLAND.EXE with the following command line 

   RC /fe BLAND.EXE GENERIC.RC GENERIC.EXE
BLAND.EXE is not created. Furthermore, the Resource Compiler doesn't tell you that it encountered any problems.

CAUSE

This is a bug in the resource compiler. The Resource Compiler code overwrites the new filename with the filename given as the last parameter.

RESOLUTION

To rename the executable to a filename different from the resource filename, use the RENAME command from the MS-DOS command prompt.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Resource Compiler in the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows version 3.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional reference words: 3.10 buglist3.10
KBCategory: kbtool kbprg kbbuglist
KBSubcategory: TlsRc

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Last reviewed: January 5, 1995
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