• Alexander (11/11) Jun 08 There is a [Using Windows Resource Files with
• Adam D. Ruppe (5/6) Jun 08 curious, what do you put in your resource file?
• Alexander (5/11) Jun 08 Right now just app icon and version info, but I also need menu,
• Adam D. Ruppe (8/12) Jun 08 I see. I tend to do all that stuff in code, can `import()` files

Alexander <roland.taverner gmail.com> writes:

There is a [Using Windows Resource Files with 
D2](https://wiki.dlang.org/Using_Windows_Resource_Files_with_D2) 
article, but it says nothing about DUB and is probably somewhat 
outdated.
So what actually works in `dub.json` (assuming the file 
`resource\my.res` exists):
```
{
   "dflags": ["-L/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS", "-Lresource\\my.res"]
}
```

Adam D. Ruppe <destructionator gmail.com> writes:

On Monday, 8 June 2026 at 18:25:00 UTC, Alexander wrote:
 There is a [Using Windows Resource Files with

curious, what do you put in your resource file?

i recently added exe icon support built into opend (and hipreme 
merged that into his `redub` program too) but the rest i barely 
touch anymore.

Alexander <roland.taverner gmail.com> writes:

On Monday, 8 June 2026 at 18:32:14 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
 On Monday, 8 June 2026 at 18:25:00 UTC, Alexander wrote:
 There is a [Using Windows Resource Files with

 curious, what do you put in your resource file?

 i recently added exe icon support built into opend (and hipreme 
 merged that into his `redub` program too) but the rest i barely 
 touch anymore.

Right now just app icon and version info, but I also need menu, 
dialog and some more icons to indicate status. I want to 
implement system tray icon and right-click menu there. And maybe 
dialog window with logs and/or status and info.

Adam D. Ruppe <destructionator gmail.com> writes:

On Monday, 8 June 2026 at 18:43:20 UTC, Alexander wrote:
 Right now just app icon and version info, but I also need menu, 
 dialog and some more icons to indicate status. I want to 
 implement system tray icon and right-click menu there. And 
 maybe dialog window with logs and/or status and info.

I see. I tend to do all that stuff in code, can `import()` files 
in D and stuff too, but still either way works.

So generally speaking, if you pass the .res file to the compiler, 
it knows how to forward it to the linker. Passing it as a dub 
sourceFiles should work too. Then a preBuildCommand to run the 
resource compiler. (or do a regular makefile or something to 
generate it lol).