How to load a custom binary resource in a VC++ static library as part of a dll?

Question

I have custom binary resources (animated cursors) that would like to store as resources in a static lib in Visual Studio C++. It turns out that custom binary resources wi

Answer 1

In case you use dll using MFC (and CWinApp), you can obtain the HMODULE from CWinApp.

extern MyDllApp theApp;
HMODULE module = (HMODULE)theApp.m_hInstance;
HRSRC myResource = ::FindResource(module,
            MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_FILE_RESOURCE), _T("GROUP_NAME"));

If you supply NULL in FindResource, application won't find your resource.