Wed. Sep. 01, 2004 9:10 PM PT

If you use add existing item, to add your project files, .cpp, .h, and
.resx, then visual studio will add them into the solution, but .resX file
will be in Resources, where as it should be under your .h file, and also it
will not show the form icon. Also, if you compile and link your project with
.resX file in to the resources folder, then you may get compile error. If
you remove the .resX file, and just compile your project will compile, link,
and run successfully. But still you can not do any changes in to your form
.resX. The solution to this problem is.....

First make a backup of your .vcproj file. Then, copy this file, with
extention, .XML, because your project file is just an XML file.
Open this file in a good editor, you can use the same VSIDE also. Scroll
down to the secition, "Header files". Make sure before doing this, you have
added your project files, .cpp source, and .h header files.
Now check your form file, location, and add few lines, exactly as it is
required. I am pasting a section of my header files.
=========== start ====================
<File
   RelativePath=".\frmMain.h"
   FileType="3">
   <File
    RelativePath=".\frmMain.resX">
    <FileConfiguration
     Name="Debug|Win32">
     <Tool
      Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
      ResourceFileName="$(IntDir)/NWindClient.frmMain.resources"/>
    </FileConfiguration>
    <FileConfiguration
     Name="Release|Win32">
     <Tool
      Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
      ResourceFileName="$(IntDir)/NWindClient.frmMain.resources"/>
    </FileConfiguration>
   </File>
</File>
============end ====================
My form name header file is frmMain.h, and resource file is frmMain.resX
Note, the FileType, attribute for header file, this is 3 for Form file, and
4 for UserControl, This file type enumeration/ values you can get from the
MSDN library. Make sure you type exactly as it is, because single mistake
will not load your project. Once this is done copy this .XML file into your
project directory, and rename it to .vcproj. Try loading it. This works at
my place, perfectly. If you have any questions send it to me.

There is no simple way other than this.

Good Luck.