Superfluous resources when building the plugin

Windows
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I noticed that the VST2 and VST3 format plug-in link superfluous resources that are completely unclaimed, such as:

  • AFX_DIALOG_LAYOUT
  • ICON
  • DIALOG
  • MENU
  • ACCELERATORS

I understand that they are necessary for the assembly of the application - stand alon version of plugin. But why link them to VST plugins?
I tried to apply the directive
#ifdef APP_API in main.rc to prohibit linking, the same when assembling the APP APP_API was undefined. :zipper_mouth_face:

Why is that?
Alternative solutions?

P.S. Removing them manually using the resource editor is not considered the best option.

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If you want to use if statements in the .rc file, you can use the ā€œPreprocessor Definitionsā€ setting in the resources section of the visual studio project. You can put APP_API etc there. Unfortunately doing that breaks the graphical visual studio resource editor IIRC

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I am sorry to say so, but this is by any means not an iPlug2 issue at all. Neither would I considered this an issue in general, maybe an annoyance.

Anyways that could easily be solved

  • manually (which is considered not to be an option)
  • modifying the build scripts
  • or asking this question on the proper Visual Studio and/or Windows C++ forums
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