Gen Build Tool "Error: RC.EXE not found in the PATH"

Products

• Gen
• Gen - Workstation Toolset

Issue/Introduction

Getting an error when attempting to build a GUI windows client using Visual Studio 2015: *** Error: RC.EXE not found in the PATH. ***

Contents of the <loadmodule>.OUT file are below.

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CA Gen Build Tool Compose
Copyright (c) 2016 CA. All rights reserved.

Compose Succeeded

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19042.1466]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Program Files (x86)\CA\Gen86\Gen>"C:\Program Files (x86)\CA\SharedComponents\JRE\1.8.0_60\\bin\java.exe "   -classpath "C:\Program Files (x86)\CA\Gen86\gen\bt\bt.jar" com.ca.gen.bt.Execute  "C:\Users\user1\Documents\CA\Gen 8.6\Models\Test.ief\c\WACLT011.bat"
Initial search for build executables
  NMAKE.EXE, HHC.EXE, CL.EXE, LINK.EXE, RC.EXE

--- Found NMAKE.EXE

--- Found HHC.EXE

--- Found CL.EXE

--- Found LINK.EXE

*** Error: RC.EXE not found in the PATH. ***
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Environment

Release : 8.6
Component : Gen Build Tool

Resolution

Visual Studio 2015, 2017 and 2019 (VS2015, VS2017 and VS2019) need the Windows SDK to be installed in order to have the Resource Compiler rc.exe installed and available.
The SDK can be found here: Windows SDK

Windows SDK
The Windows SDK (10.0.22000) provides the latest headers, libraries, metadata, and tools for building Windows applications. Use this SDK to build Universal Windows Platform (UWP) and Win32 applications for Windows 11 and previous Windows releases.