Funny BRCC32 Bug

You all know what brcc32 is. For those who don’t I say that it is resource compiler, that makes RES files from your RC files. It is supplied with every Delphi version (AFAIK). Some weeks ago I found an interesting bug in this useful tool…

In short – it does not “compile” your RC-file if it is placed in directory named starting with dot! I’m not sure you get the point because of my “broken english”, so I’ll show you an example: lets say you have directory D:\Source\.TEST\Project and my.rc file there. When you open command prompt, navigate to that folder and execute “brcc32 my.rc” you’ll get 32-byte (empty!) my.res file. No error messages!

I didn’t  found any QC reports/forum messages on this subject. Current version of brcc32 is 5.40 (Delphi7-2007) and it still has the bug. Be careful!

And tiny screenshot (yeah, I’m using FAR manager )