Loading Resource from dll fails

[Super Hornet]

I have created a win32 resource dll which has only string table, also i have included \NOENTRY in linker options in-order to make it as resource only dll Now I am loading the dll in MFC application and loads fine but when I am try to get the string from the string table it doens't load. Here is my code:

     HINSTANCE hinsttance = ::LoadLibrary("SampleEN.dll");
DWORD dwError = GetLastError();

if (!hinsttance)
{
	AfxMessageBox("Failed to load");
}
else
{
	HINSTANCE hInstResourceClient = AfxGetResourceHandle();
	
	// Use DLL's instance handle
	AfxSetResourceHandle(hinsttance);

	LPCTSTR lpszName = MAKEINTRESOURCE(1); //IDC\_STATIC\_TOP has been defined as 1 in the dll
	HRSRC hrsrc = FindResource(m\_hinstLib, lpszName, RT\_STRING);

	if (hrsrc)
	{
		TCHAR szTemp\[256\];
		LoadString(m\_hinstLib, IDC\_STATIC\_TOP, szTemp, 255);
	}

	AfxSetResourceHandle(hInstResourceClient);
}

what could be the problem???

[_Superman_]

Super Hornet wrote:

HRSRC hrsrc = FindResource(m_hinstLib, lpszName, RT_STRING);

What is m_hinstLib? It should be hinsttance. Then use the handle returned by FindResource in a call to LoadResource. To access the actual resource call LockResource on the handle returned by LoadResource.

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[Stuart Dootson]

Super Hornet wrote:

m_hinstLib

What's that? Your resource DLL's handle is hinsttance ...

[Super Hornet]

Actually it's - hinsttance, mistakenly written here as m_hinstLib

[_Superman_]

Where exactly does it fail? Is it the FindResource that is failing or is it LoadString? Try it without the AfxSetResourceHandle call.

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[Super Hornet]

Modified code according to your suggestion:

HINSTANCE hinstance = ::LoadLibrary("SampleEN.dll");

if (!hinstance)
{
	AfxMessageBox("Failed to load");
}
else
{
	HINSTANCE hInstResourceClient = AfxGetResourceHandle();
	
	// Use DLL's instance handle
	AfxSetResourceHandle(hinstance);

	LPCTSTR lpszName = MAKEINTRESOURCE(1); //IDC\_STATIC\_TOP has been defined as 1 in the dll
	HRSRC hrsrc = FindResource(hinstance, lpszName, RT\_STRING);
	if (hrsrc)
	{
		HGLOBAL hglobal = LoadResource(hinstance, hrsrc);
		LockResource(hglobal);

		TCHAR szTemp\[256\];
		LoadString(hinstance, IDC\_STATIC\_TOP, szTemp, 255);
	}

	AfxSetResourceHandle(hInstResourceClient);
}

even now the string is empty. I get the error code: 1814 - which says resource couldn't be found. But I have re-verfied that the ID exists in the string table

[Super Hornet]

thank you for pointing the error

[Super Hornet]

I have tried commenting the statement AfxSetResourceHandle(hinstance); but the same error The error code 1814 comes after LaodString call

[Super Hornet]

Now I am able to get the correct value's The problem is with resource id's, I haven't defined same resource id in dll and in mfc application.