[comp.windows.ms] Apparent .EXE size limitation in resource compiler

karl@sugar.hackercorp.com (Karl Lehenbauer) (09/24/90)

After I added some new modules to an application, the resource compiler 
started bombing, reporting an I/O write error on the output file.

The size of the .EXE file being rc'ed was 169 Kbytes.  This included
/codeview on the command line.

Removing the new modules or linking without the /codeview made the problem
go away.

This is a major drag.  Is there a new version of rc, some other possible
problem, or does anyone know of a better workaround?
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kensy@microsoft.UUCP (Ken SYKES) (09/25/90)

[Stuff deleted about rc failing on 169K exe file] 

You must be running low on disk space and/or temp drive space.  There are 
parts of Windows that are bigger than 169K and they had to go through rc...

Ken Sykes
Disclaimer: The above opinions are solely my own.