Subj : Dialog boxes
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : "Rob C." <robb_christiansen@juno.com>
Date : Thu Oct 16 2003 03:23 pm

Application
win32

I’m having considerable difficulty figuring out dialog boxes. If 
I could study the code somebody else wrote, I might be able to 
get over this hurdle. Below is a short program I found in the 
help files. But, alas, even this returns errors. The error 
message is listed below (and the message I get by pressing F1), 
as is the *.rc file I constructed.
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/*/
To use a dialog box as your main window, it is best to make the main
window a frame window that has your dialog box as a client window.
To do this, derive an application class from TApplication. Aside
from a constructor, the only function necessary for this purpose is
InitMainWindow. In the InitMainWindow function, construct a frame
window object, specifying a dialog box as the client window. In the
five-parameter TFrameWindow constructor, pass a pointer to the client
window as the third parameter. Your code should look something like
this:
/*/
#include <owl\applicat.h>

#include <owl\framewin.h>
#include <owl\dialog.h>

class TMyApp : public TApplication
{
  public:
    TMyApp(char *title) : TApplication(title) {}
    void InitMainWindow();
};

void TMyApp::InitMainWindow()
{
//.........[ [ [ "IDD_Dialog1" below is what I put in ] ] ]
  SetMainWindow(new TFrameWindow(0, "My App",
                                 new TDialog(0, "IDD_Dialog1" ), true));
}
int OwlMain(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  return TMyApp("My App").Run();

}

/*/
The TFrameWindow constructor turns autocreation on for the dialog box
object that you pass as a client, regardless of the state you pass
it in.

You also must make sure the dialog box resource has certain attributes:
	Destroying your dialog object does not destroy the frame. You must
   destroy the frame explicitly.
	You can no longer dynamically add resources directly to the dialog, because
   it is not the main window. You must add the resources to the frame window.
   For example, suppose you added an icon to your dialog using the SetIcon
   function. You now must use the SetIcon function for your frame window.
   You cannot specify the caption for your dialog in the resource itself
   anymore. Instead, you must set the caption through the frame window.
	You must set the style of the dialog box as follows:

Visible (WS_VISIBLE)
	Child window (WS_CHILD)
	No Minimize and Maximize buttons, drag bars, system menus, or any of the
   other standard frame window attributes
   /*/
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Info :Making...
Info :Making...
Info :Resource compiling C:\bc5\robcpp\dialog2.rc
Error:  dialog2.rc(10,30):Expecting signed short integer

F1 results - “Resource Workshop's incremental compiler expects to see a signed short (16-bit) integer or integer expression in this field. This error is usually caused by an undefined identifier. “
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IDD_DIALOG1 DIALOG 0, 0, 240, 120
EXSTYLE WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME | WS_EX_CONTEXTHELP
STYLE DS_MODALFRAME | DS_3DLOOK | DS_CONTEXTHELP | WS_POPUP | WS_VISIBLE | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
CAPTION ""
FONT 8, "MS Sans Serif"
{
 CONTROL "OK", IDOK, "BUTTON", BS_PUSHBUTTON | BS_CENTER | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 186, 6, 50, 14
 CONTROL "Cancel", IDCANCEL, "BUTTON", BS_PUSHBUTTON | BS_CENTER | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 186, 26, 50, 14
 CONTROL "Help", IDHELP, "BUTTON", BS_PUSHBUTTON | BS_CENTER | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 186, 46, 50, 14

//................ [ [ [ hangs-up ON LINE BELOW, after 1st field and right before IDC_  ] ] ]

 CONTROL "winnings royalty", IDC_GROUPBOX1, "button", BS_GROUPBOX | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 4, 8, 172, 96
 CONTROL "ScrollBar1", IDC_SCROLLBAR1, "scrollbar", SBS_VERT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 160, 12, 9, 80
 CONTROL "Frame1", IDC_STATICFRAME1, "static", SS_ETCHEDFRAME | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 30, 43, 114, 33
}

IDD_DIALOG1 DIALOG 0, 0, 240, 120
EXSTYLE WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME | WS_EX_CONTEXTHELP
STYLE DS_MODALFRAME | DS_3DLOOK | DS_CONTEXTHELP | WS_POPUP | WS_VISIBLE | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
CAPTION ""
FONT 8, "MS Sans Serif"
{
 CONTROL "OK", IDOK, "BUTTON", BS_PUSHBUTTON | BS_CENTER | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 186, 6, 50, 14
 CONTROL "Cancel", IDCANCEL, "BUTTON", BS_PUSHBUTTON | BS_CENTER | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 186, 26, 50, 14
 CONTROL "Help", IDHELP, "BUTTON", BS_PUSHBUTTON | BS_CENTER | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 186, 46, 50, 14
 CONTROL "winn", IDC_GROUPBOX1, "button", BS_GROUPBOX | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 4, 8, 172, 96
 CONTROL "ScrollBar1", IDC_SCROLLBAR1, "scrollbar", SBS_VERT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 160, 12, 9, 80
 CONTROL "Frame1", IDC_STATICFRAME1, "static", SS_ETCHEDFRAME | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 30, 43, 114, 33
}

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