beginning dialog boxes (2)

Rob C.

CBuilder Developer

beginning dialog boxes (2)

2003-09-17 07:29:16 AM
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OK, so now I can create/design a dialog box, but how do I put
it into my program. There should be a basic, step-by-step
tutorial for beginners like me. If there is, where is it?
Following is what I’ve got so far . . .
FILE|NEW|PROJECT.
project path/name - c:\bc5\bin\dialog1.ide
target name - dialog1
target type - application
platform - Win32
platform model - GUI
then I click OK
in project I click “dialog1.rc?
I double click “identifiers?and I get a 3 widow screen
I go up and click RESOURCE|NEW
I click on “DIALOG?and I get a dialog box to add to and arrange
(I think I’ve got this figured out). When I’m done creating the
dialog box, I click FILE|SAVE, then FILE|CLOSE.
I then have a 3 widow screen named “dialog1.rc : identifiers.?
The left window shows the name of the dialog box I just created -
“dialog1.rc? and the middle window shows the elements I just
added to the dialog box - “IDC_EDIT1, IDC_EDIT2, IDC_EDIT3,
IDC_GROUPBOX1, and IDD_DIALOG1? The right window
shows “IDD_DIALOG1?
At this point I know I have to do something, but I don’t know
what it is.

Ed Mulroy [TeamB]

CBuilder Developer

2003-09-17 09:19:35 AM

Re:beginning dialog boxes (2)

If the resource file is dialog1.rc then the corresponding header file is
likely to be dialog1.rh and it would include the #define statements for the
variouis items in the rc file. Include that file in your source so that
your source can use those symbols in the dialog procedure.
. Ed

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OK, so now I can create/design a dialog box, but how do I put
it into my program. There should be a basic, step-by-step
tutorial for beginners like me. If there is, where is it?

Following is what I’ve got so far . . .

FILE|NEW|PROJECT.
project path/name - c:\bc5\bin\dialog1.ide
target name - dialog1
target type - application
platform - Win32
platform model - GUI

then I click OK

in project I click “dialog1.rc?
I double click “identifiers?and I get a 3 widow screen
I go up and click RESOURCE|NEW
I click on “DIALOG?and I get a dialog box to add to and arrange
(I think I’ve got this figured out). When I’m done creating the
dialog box, I click FILE|SAVE, then FILE|CLOSE.

I then have a 3 widow screen named “dialog1.rc : identifiers.?
The left window shows the name of the dialog box I just created -
“dialog1.rc? and the middle window shows the elements I just
added to the dialog box - “IDC_EDIT1, IDC_EDIT2, IDC_EDIT3,
IDC_GROUPBOX1, and IDD_DIALOG1? The right window
shows “IDD_DIALOG1?

At this point I know I have to do something, but I don’t know
what it is.