FIX: Visual Studio 97 SP3 Installs Incorrect Cvtres.exe

MORE INFORMATION

After Cvtres.exe has been replaced, any application with localized resource problems needs to be rebuilt. Open up the project in Developer Studio. On the Build menu, click Rebuild All. The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Release Date: Jun-10-1998

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Cvtres1.exe contains the following files:

• Cvtres.exe
  
  
• Readme.txt

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Install Visual Studio 97 on Windows NT 4.0.
2. Install Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 3.
3. Create a Visual C++ Windows Console Application that uses a String Table that has one entry with identifier IDS_TEST and ID number 1.
4. In the ResourceView, right-click the string table and then click Insert Copy from the shortcut menu.
5. In the Language list, select English (Ireland).
6. Open the localized string table and change IDS_TEST text to different string that will allow you to identify the language.
7. Repeat steps 4 through 6 for the following languages: English (U.K.), English (Canada), and Swedish.
8. Insert the following code into your project:
   

         #include <windows.h>
         #include <stdio.h>
         #include "resource.h"
   
         void main()
         {
            TCHAR pszTest[256];
            INT i = 0;
            HMODULE hMod = GetModuleHandle(NULL);
            LANGID langIds[5] = { 0x409,0x1809,0x809,0x1009,0x41d };
            TCHAR pszLangIds[5][25] = { "English","Ireland",
               "British","Canada","Swedish"};
   
            for(i; i<=4; i++)
            {
               // SetThreadLocale function is not supported on Windows 95.
               SetThreadLocale(langIds[i]);
               LoadString(hMod, IDS_TEST, pszTest, sizeof(pszTest));
               printf("%s\t(LangId = 0x%x)\t=\t%s\n", pszLangIds[i],
                  langIds[i], pszTest);
            }
         }
   						

9. Build the project and execute it. Some strings will not be localized correctly.
10. Copy the updated Cvtres.exe into the VC\BIN directory.
11. On the Build menu, click Rebuild All.
12. All localized strings should now appear as expected.

NOTE: This problem can affect other resources as well, such as dialog boxes.