Can not add control based variable in Add Variable wizard

[ASoftDeveloper]

I have a wierd problem.

For some reason I am unable to add a member variable that is a control.. the check box is disabled when I click add variable.

Some context here:

I have a project that has a rc file included in the projects rc file.
i.e.
resource.h
myprojectname.rc

The commonresource.rc is included in the myprojectname.rc file.

commonresource.h
commonresource.rc

Also the to prevent compliling the commonresource.rc we have it set in the project as exculde from build as it gets built when myprojectname.rc is built.

I have tried the normal checks to see if the appropriate files are checked out / read only etc...

Any help would be appreciated.

So the question is what all controls the availability of the Control Variable check box...

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