PRB: ResourceView Fails to Open Already Loaded .RC File

• Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, version 5.0
• Microsoft Visual Studio 97

SYMPTOMS

The ResourceView may become confused and fail to open a resource file even though the file is already open in the resource editor. Visual Studio may generate an error dialog saying "This file is already open in an editor" and the string "Load Failed" will appear below the bug project's resources. The MORE INFORMATION section below documents how this might occur.

CAUSE

Because the .RC file is already open, this behavior is by design.

RESOLUTION

Close the .RC file already open in the development environment then reopen the resource file for the project.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Open Visual Studio and create a new project by selecting File/New and select the Projects tab. Select "Win32 Application" project as the new project. Call this project "BUG" (without the quotes).

2. Make sure your FileView pane is docked along the left side of Visual Studio, and select the FileView tab.

3. Create a dialog box by selecting Resource from the Insert menu, and then choose Dialog from the selection dialog.

4. Select File/Save and save the file as "bug.rc" (without the quotes). Add this file to your project by selecting Project/Add to Project/Files.

5. Select Project/Add to Project/New.

6. From the dialog, create an MFC AppWizard (dll) project called "Test" (without the quotes) and make it a dependency of the BUG project.

7. Click on the ResourceView tab on your view pane, and click on the "+" in front of "bug resources" to expand the bug project's resources. The error dialog "This file is already open in an editor" appears.