FIX: IDs That Are Used in MENUEX Resources Are Converted to Numeric Values (326893)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual C++ .NET (2002)

This article was previously published under Q326893

SYMPTOMS

IDs that are used in MENUEX resources are converted to numeric values when you open the menu in the Visual C++ .NET menu editor. If you open the .rc file in Notepad, you should see the following:
IDR_MAINFRAME MENU 
BEGIN
    POPUP "&File"
    BEGIN
        MENUITEM "&New\tCtrl+N",                ID_VIEW_AUTOARRANGE
        MENUITEM "&Open...\tCtrl+O",            57601 <--numeric value
        MENUITEM "&Save\tCtrl+S",               ID_FILE_SAVE

RESOLUTION

A fix for this problem is available by downloading the latest Rcdll.dll file from the Platform SDK at http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/. The DLL is available by downloading the Build Environment in Core SDK under Windows SDK.

When you have installed the SDK, copy the Rcdll.dll file from C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin\ to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\Bin. You must restart the Visual C++ .NET IDE, and then build your project again. The Rcdll.dll file should be the version specified in the following table (or later).

The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
   Date         Time   Version     Size     File name
   --------------------------------------------------
   14-Nov-2002  22:38  5.2.3718.0  111,616  Rcdll.dll

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:1/15/2003
Keywords:kbbug KB326893