Subj : Re: beginning dialog boxes (2)
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : "Ed Mulroy [TeamB]" <ed@mulroyREMOVETHESECHARS.org>
Date : Tue Sep 16 2003 10:19 pm

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

> Rob C wrote in message
> news:3f679ccc$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
>
> 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.

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