delphi 2006 - Is it possible to find out if a resource name exists?

Question

What it the best way to find out if a resource name exists - other than seeing if

LoadFromResourceName (HInstance, 'FOOBAR')

causes an exception?

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This is a duplicate and has been asked many times before. For example How do I check if an embedded resource exists or not? – Selfcontained

@David That's what I figured, but I would have expected those solutions to be served up as I was entering my question (Delphi's help for LoadFromResourceName wasn't much help either, but it never is. They seemed to have abandoned to idea of hyperlinks to other related useful topics in D2006). – Uncrowned

SO search is notoriously flaky. I found the dupe with a google search. But I also searched on FindResource. It's easy to find dupes once you know the answer! No worries! – Selfcontained

Possible duplicate of How do I check if an embedded resource exists or not? – Radix

Answer 1

You can use the FindResource function (remember pass the proper resource type)

 if FindResource(hInstance, 'FOOBAR', RT_RCDATA) <> 0 then
  // do something

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