VS2019: How to resolve the “unknown sub-lang: 0x8” message in Resource View?

Question

I have recently started using Visual Studio 2019 for my C++11 project. VS2019 converted the project and it compiles into an executable. But I can\'t open my resource (.rc) f

Answer 1

I've found a solution that worked for me.

1. Open the *.rc file in the 'Code View' in Visual Studio.
2. Search for the following section:

#if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_NEUSD)
LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_SYS_DEFAULT
#pragma code_page(1252)
...

3. Comment the complete #if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_NEUSD) block and save the file.

4. Open the file in the 'Resource View'. Close it. (Maybe you have to change and save something here)

5. Reopen the *.rc file via the 'Code View' in Visual Studio. Uncomment the previously commented section and save the file.

After this steps the problem was solved. I don't know which of the steps solved the problem but in the end this was my way to solve the issue.

My solution was inspired by the following solution: https://www.codeproject.com/Questions/40860/Resource-file-opening-problem