How does one copy a dialog resource from one project to another in Visual Studio 6.0 or Embedded VC++ (eVC)?

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I've got two branches of code. 1 has a dialog box that the other doesn't, but because of politics the dialog box wasn't moved into the newest branch. Now they want it in...

So is it possible to copy a dialog box from one project to another. There apears to be an export and import feature however it's greyed out.

"copy" and "export" aren't great tag names. What IDE/environment is this? "resouce" isn't a good tag name, because it's misspelt. — Roger Lipscombe, Nov 10 '08 at 16:34
I assume that evc = eMbedded Visual C++ and that vs6 = Visual Studio 6. Consider spelling them out. — Roger Lipscombe, Nov 10 '08 at 16:35

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 21 '14 at 00:05

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Update for Visual Studio 2010 - 2013:

You can still drag-drop and copy-paste, but only outside of your project / solution.

Close solution, open both RC as files without any open solution, and go. For drag, "Hold down the CTRL key and drag the resource to the second .rc file. For example, drag IDD_DIALOG1 from Source1.rc to Source2.rc."

Microsoft - How to Copy Resources

answered Aug 21 '14 at 00:05

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This solution worked for me using Visual Studio 2017. Note that you have to open Source1.rc and Source2.rc IN THE SAME INSTANCE of Visual Studio! – BlueTune Mar 19 '20 at 13:07

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 10 '08 at 16:37

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.RC files are simple text files. You can simply copy/paste the DIALOG text from one .RC file to the other. Make sure that you copy the corresponding RESOURCE.H entries as well.

Alternatively, you might be able to open both .RC files and then simply drag-and-drop the dialog from one to the other.

answered Nov 10 '08 at 16:37

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Second approach works great, it's a bit finicky but much better than manually copying controls & control ids. Thanks, I never thought about that. – Roel Dec 21 '09 at 18:15

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 17 '19 at 14:41

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I finally figure it out how to copy a Dialog from one solution to another. Steps:

Open both solutions in separte windows.
Add a new Blank Dialog -Add Resources-> add->newDialog
Open Both Dialogs Open Binary data.
Copy the Binary data from source solution dialog to Destination Dialog

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answered Oct 17 '19 at 13:37

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 14 '11 at 15:54

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Drag and drop doesn't work in Visual Studio 2010. Editing the .RC file does work but be careful. For me the ID for the dialog showed up with *ID_etc*. I copied it and removed the *'s and it seemed to fix the problem.

answered Jul 14 '11 at 15:54

James Mahood

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+1, thanks your answer was helpful. It is not working for me in VS2010 as well and I knew it used to work in older versions. – zar Mar 22 '13 at 14:57

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 27 '21 at 10:36

This is just to add some visual detail to the accepted answer (by Roger Lipscombe) along with its steps.

In order to copy a resource such as a Dialog from one project another project, below steps can be followed.

Start a new instance of Visual Studio.
Open both source and destination .RC file as files, as shown in the picture.
From the source RC file, copy required dialog.
Switch to the destination RC file tab and simply paste it.

Please note that this operation would have updated the resource.h file. That is an excellent help by Visual Studio.

One will have to make sure that no duplicate resource IDs are present in the resource.h file. When working with some legacy projects, it is found that there came some duplicate resource Ids that had to be manually corrected. It looks like such an effort is worth considering the mammoth task required otherwise.

How does one copy a dialog resource from one project to another in Visual Studio 6.0 or Embedded VC++ (eVC)?

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