Just wondering whether this has already been done or anyone interested with this idea - a resource editor for FASM.

Something similar to this:

RAResEd version 1.1.1.5
http://radasm.visualassembler.com/projects/projects.html

but generates fasm includes

I know Fresh has is own system for GUI etc. but I was wondering for those(like me) who prefer plain resources and programming in FASMW.

Is anyone interested?

Or is there maybe a way without the use of a linker to add .res files
e.g. a macro system that emulates .rc ?

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These are only ideas fr when i have free time which i don't at the present ...well until i finish my other projects which should be soon

I'm just starting to write a section about resource macros in the Win32 Headers documentation and this has led me to reflection that all those macros have been uchanged since a very long time, and thus all use only elementary features that were present in even very early versions of fasm. So one may think that it's the high time to rewrite those macros, like the other macro packages were rewritten, to allow some sophisticated but simpler in use syntaxes.

However after all I though it might be better to leave them as they are - elementary bricks which needs sometimes much writing, but allow to compose the resource section just like you wish. And they also might be better for the resource editor you propose than any more sophisticated macros, which would be less "bricks" and more "quick solvers" doing much things automatically for you. As for the "quick solvers", there is of course support for the .RES files so you can use some external resource compiler/editor that suits you better - this also reduces the need to redesign the fasm's resource macros.

Thus I think I will leave them as they are and just finally document them in this new part of documentation (when it's finished, I will also attach it as an additional chapter in the PDF file distributed with fasm for Windows). And this documentation might also become very useful for you if you begin such kind of resource editor project.

Yes I think the current macros do the job quite well and it would look so much better having a FASM-specific resource editor than a glued and cellotaped macro version while ignoring the old reosurce macros which do the same thing
That's what I like about FASM - you can create a program without actually having to depend on anything else e.g. linkers,resource compilers etc.
Of course my Resource editor would be supplementary + optional not essential

with WinAsm Studio + last wafasm (1.0+) you can use usual .rc files with automatical generation of resource definition include file and use or rc compiler from masm32 package to compile it or any you want (i tested it with GoRc and borland resource compiler)

regards!

ps: here a couple of examples --

WinASM looks cool I think I might use it from now on

welcome

I am actually writing resource compiler/decompiler that will be able to output fasm specific "instructions". I mean the output would be correctly interpreted by fasm'a resource macros
But that's a long way to finish it, so don't await it now and soon

Reverend
do you wish to write complete graphic resource editor or just converter rc to fasm syntaxis? i think second would be enough for a while, and should be more simple (of course, coding needed anyway - i already had such idea, but had no time to it yet)

I think this resource converter RC->FASM macros would be very useful.

I was thinking of writing this kind of tool, but I have no idea on how to start + very low knowledge about the macros (just started to use them) + few time.

But if anyone is interessed, we could start a thread at "Projects and Ideas" (I think I've already started), and post contributions so we can grow this project together.

I think, A resource editor whit command line would be a option very useful. But only is a Idea. I think that would be as a Autocad style, that is, Graphic and Command line. I like mean that would be more control over the windows controls, in design, accuracy and drive of output data(like fasm macros, .rc style, fresh macros, etc).


What is your opinion?

I started writing such rc -> fasm macros converter. It's a lot of work, but I have a nice concept . But first I have to write my matura exam this year so priority of this project is close to 0 . When I will be free I'll return to this (I hope... )