Stop Delphi generating .res files for unit test applications
Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/27
By default, Delphi always generates .res resource files when compiling a project.
There are two things you need to change to turn this off; the first is on by default, the second could be your own change:
- Remove the
{$R *.res}from your .dpr file and turn “Runtime Themes” to “None” from the default “Enable runtime themes” under “Target” settings “All configurations – 32-bit Windows platform” and “All configurations – 64-bit Windows platform”
- Disable “Include version information in project” under “Target” settings “All configurations – 32-bit Windows platform” and “All configurations – 64-bit Windows platform”
–jeroen
PS:
Thomas Mueller (dummzeuch) commented on G+ :
First, turn off these options, and only afterwards change the DPR. Because after removing the *.res line, some of these options will be disabled, e.g. version information.
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Rudy Velthuis said
Well yes, you can do that (even modify the source to remove the res directive), but WHY? What is it good for?