Hi there,
I have a farely simple question that I can't seem to find the answer
to.
I've got a C# Winforms application that after building results in an
executable. This executable is then renamed to an .scr file and used as
a Screen Saver.
How can I get this file to come up with a different name than the
filename in the dropdown list in Display Properties/Screen Saver? My
screensaver's filename is "screensaver.sc r" and the dropdown shows
"screensave r", instead of a more friendly name "My Beautiful Screen
Saver".
I've searched everywhere but all I get is things that refer to a
StringTable, where you have to add a row with ID 1 and name "title" and
value "screensave r title". This should result in a different Title
being used in the dropdown mentioned before. However, I don't know how
to add this StringTable to my C# project.
When I open existing .scr files (that come with windows) in VS.Net
using the Resource Editor I see a StringTable that indeed contains this
ID 1 row, but when I open my own executable, I don't even have a
StringTable.
I hope someone can advise me on what to do.
Thanks in advance,
Mark
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Mark,
The C# compiler has a command line option to add a Win32 resource to
your exe. What you want to do is create a resource file (with your string
table) and then use the resource compiler to generate the resource file.
Once you have the .res file, you can set the /win32res flag when calling
csc.exe and point to that file to be included in the executable.
Hope this helps.
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Hi there,
I have a farely simple question that I can't seem to find the answer
to.
I've got a C# Winforms application that after building results in an
executable. This executable is then renamed to an .scr file and used as
a Screen Saver.
How can I get this file to come up with a different name than the
filename in the dropdown list in Display Properties/Screen Saver? My
screensaver's filename is "screensaver.sc r" and the dropdown shows
"screensave r", instead of a more friendly name "My Beautiful Screen
Saver".
I've searched everywhere but all I get is things that refer to a
StringTable, where you have to add a row with ID 1 and name "title" and
value "screensave r title". This should result in a different Title
being used in the dropdown mentioned before. However, I don't know how
to add this StringTable to my C# project.
When I open existing .scr files (that come with windows) in VS.Net
using the Resource Editor I see a StringTable that indeed contains this
ID 1 row, but when I open my own executable, I don't even have a
StringTable.
I hope someone can advise me on what to do.
Thanks in advance,
Mark
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