vc++ compile error RC : fatal error RC1107: invalid usage; use RC /? for

Question

I am getting following error while building my vc++ project (Using visual studio 2010)

RC : fatal error RC1107: invalid usage; use RC /? for

I know there is som

Answer 1

I had this issue with VS 2017. The problem was that I did not notice that I had the build configuration set to Release and there was a string in one of the controls that was too long and needed to be truncated by the resource editor when the resources were loaded. Putting the build configuration back to Debug and attempting to open the Resource file fixed it. I got a different message this time: string too long - truncated, and the resources could be viewed now.