Does not compile in Visual Studio 2012

[Bhramar]

I am trying to compile and build the Project in Visul Studio 2012 .
But it does not compile .

Following is the error:

Error 1 The command ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\bin\rc.exe" /i "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\atlmfc\include;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include" /i "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\include" /r /fo "obj\Debug\res1.res" res1.rc" exited with code 9009. C:\Users\Bhramar\Downloads\OpenFileOrFolderDialog-master\OpenFileOrFolderDialog-master\WindowsFormsApplication1.csproj 104 5 WindowsFormsApplication1

[k-samsonov]

You need manual text edit project file and replace folder reference to direct path.
In my 2010 VS
was:

   <VCIncludePath Condition="'$(VCIncludePath)' == ''">C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\atlmfc\include;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include</VCIncludePath>
    <Win32Resource>$(IntermediateOutputPath)\res1.res</Win32Resource>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Target Name="BeforeBuild" DependsOnTargets="GetFrameworkPaths;PrepareForBuild">
    <Exec Command="&quot;$(FrameworkSDKDir)\bin\rc.exe&quot; /i &quot;$(VCIncludePath)&quot; /i &quot;$(FrameworkSDKDir)\include&quot; /r /fo &quot;$(IntermediateOutputPath)\res1.res&quot; res1.rc" />
  </Target>    

became:

    <VCIncludePath Condition="'$(VCIncludePath)' == ''">C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\atlmfc\include;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\include</VCIncludePath>
    <Win32Resource>C:\_Projects\_TestApps\OpenFileOrFolderDialog-master\obj\Debug\res1.res</Win32Resource>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Target Name="BeforeBuild" DependsOnTargets="GetFrameworkPaths;PrepareForBuild">
    <Exec Command="&quot;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\bin\rc.exe&quot; /i &quot;$(VCIncludePath)&quot; /i &quot;$(FrameworkSDKDir)\include&quot; /r /fo &quot;$(IntermediateOutputPath)\res1.res&quot; res1.rc" />
  </Target>

[ScottHutchinson]

Same problem on Windows 10 with VS 2017. After attempting to fix the paths, I still get these errors:

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error cannot open include file 'afxres.h'. WindowsFormsApplication1 C:\Users\scott\source\repos\OpenFileOrFolderDialog-master\res1.rc 32
Error The command ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.16299.0\x86\rc.exe" /i "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.11.25503\include" /i "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\include" /r /fo "obj\Debug\res1.res" res1.rc" exited with code 1. WindowsFormsApplication1 C:\Users\scott\source\repos\OpenFileOrFolderDialog-master\WindowsFormsApplication1.csproj 129

[GarkGarcia]

@ScottHutchinson I'm getting the same error here. Have you solved it? In case you didn't, how did you go about creating an "Open File or Folder" dialog box?

[ScottHutchinson]

I don't recall anything about this at the moment. But I suspect this path is incorrect: "obj\Debug\res1.res"

And these related lines might need fixing:

https://github.com/scottwis/OpenFileOrFolderDialog/blob/master/WindowsFormsApplication1.csproj#L94

https://github.com/scottwis/OpenFileOrFolderDialog/blob/master/WindowsFormsApplication1.csproj#L97

[ScottHutchinson]

It turns out that the Output window shows this error '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\\bin\rc.exe"' is not recognized as an internal or external command.

I got it to build by commenting out the Target Name="BeforeBuild" element in the .csproj file.
And then I manually compiled the res1.res file using rc.exe res1.rc and updated the WindowsFormsApplication1 properties...Application...Resource file path to where the res1.res file is actually located.

However, when I run it I get a System.OverflowException.

And I still don't remember why I wanted this dialog to begin with.

[ScottHutchinson]

Now looking at the source code, I would be surprised if this project was worth debugging.

@GarkGarcia Maybe if you tell me what it is you need, I could help you find a better solution.

[GarkGarcia]

@ScottHutchinson I simply need to create a dialog box for browsing and selecting folders. I know I could use FolderBrowserDialog class, but I want it to look and behave — on the user's perspective — the same as the OpenFileDialog class. Thank you for your attention.

[ScottHutchinson]

@GarkGarcia In Visual C++ with MFC, I use the CFolderPickerDialog class defined in the afxdlgs.h file.

In .NET, I use this:

// The VistaFolderBrowserDialog control is from http://www.ookii.org/software/dialogs/
open Ookii.Dialogs.Wpf
new VistaFolderBrowserDialog()

[ephr4321]

You get an overflow exception because you need to change
hWnd.SendMessage(msg, InteropUtil.NumberOfFileChars, unchecked((uint)buffer));
to
hWnd.SendMessage(msg, InteropUtil.NumberOfFileChars, unchecked((ulong)buffer));

Obviously change the function signature too.

[ephr4321]

Regarding compiling it -
The project as is get compiled with VS2008.
After compiling it you can copy the res1.res into the obj/debug (or obj/release etc...) path
Also remove from the project file:

Make the class public and make it class Library - and there you go.