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Re: VB6 linker bug with resources larger than 0xfff0 bytes

From Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk>
Newsgroups microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion, comp.lang.basic.visual.misc, comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
Subject Re: VB6 linker bug with resources larger than 0xfff0 bytes
Date 2014-09-12 10:15 +0100
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
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On 12/09/2014 06:34, Paulo wrote:
> Hi, Deanna
> Have you fixed the problem with the RES file? Can you share the solution?

It depends on the data in that resource. If it's XML and larger than 
65520 bytes, you need to pad it with spaces to a DWORD boundary. 
(multiples of 4)
Resources smaller than that are handled correctly if you have VB6 SP6.

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Deanna Earley (dee.earley@icode.co.uk)
iCatcher Development Team
http://www.icode.co.uk/icatcher/

iCode Systems

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VB6 linker bug with resources larger than 0xfff0 bytes Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2014-08-22 16:12 +0100
  Re: VB6 linker bug with resources larger than 0xfff0 bytes "Paulo" <nospam.vbstudent@syscolor.net> - 2014-09-12 06:34 +0100
    Re: VB6 linker bug with resources larger than 0xfff0 bytes Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2014-09-12 10:15 +0100
      Re: VB6 linker bug with resources larger than 0xfff0 bytes "Paulo" <nospam.vbstudent@syscolor.net> - 2014-09-12 15:14 +0100

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