Use CommCtrl.pas or commctrl.h inside rc script

Question

I have a resource script (*.rc) that needs to use WIZ_CXDLG from commctrl.h/CommCtrl.pas. The original version does this via #include:

#include <windows.h>
#include <commctrl.h>

1 DIALOGEX 0, 0, WIZ_CXDLG, WIZ_CYDLG
//...

However this doesn't compile in a Delphi XE6 project, neither with the Borland nor the MS resource compiler because commctrl.h isn't found.

What's the correct way to resolve this? I could probably download the Windows SDK but that seems like overkill.

Edit: FWIW - #include-ing CommCtrl.pas doesn't work. In XE6 brcc32 apparently chokes on the WinApi. prefix. In D2007 brcc32 stops at the interface uses clause. However we already successfully used simpler Pascal files like

unit MyProject_rc;

interface

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Cursor
//

const
  IDC_CURSOR_FOO = 1;
//[SNIP]

implementation

end.

"*commctrl.h isn't found*" - sounds like your search paths are not configured correctly. — Remy Lebeau, Jan 05 '16 at 17:07
@Remy Unless there's a Windows SDK installed, that header won't be present. For a Delphi install that would be perfectly common. — David Heffernan, Jan 05 '16 at 18:34

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 05 '16 at 13:56

I would compile this the Microsoft resource compiler, against the Windows SDK. That will mean installing the Windows SDK. You think that's overkill, but I personally feel it's a very important and useful resource for Windows developers.

If you really don't want to install the SDK, modify the resource file to include the necessary definitions.

#define WIZ_CXDLG   276
#define WIZ_CYDLG   140
// etc.

Use CommCtrl.pas or commctrl.h inside rc script

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