PB Dll MsDialog Editor

[Roy Read]

Hello,

I have been trying to use the MS Dialog Editor that comes with PBDLL 6 but
without success. I have read the posting in FAQ by Dave Navarro (thanks Dave
it got me past the first hurdle only n^n to go) but when I ask RC.EXE to
compile the file it starts but blows up with error message "error RC2104
undefined keydword or key name".

The dialog box itself is very simple as I am just trying to learn how to use
the editor. Just some text and push buttons. The problem seems to lie with
the way I have given names to the controls - in the hope that it would make it
easier for me to access them in the subsequent PB programme.

The RC and H files are set out below.

If anyone can point out my error or tell me where I can get the lowdown on the
RCxxxx error messages I would be very grateful.

Thanks

Roy

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#include "C:\Pbdll60\Winapi\Resource.h"

DLGINCLUDE RCDATA DISCARDABLE
BEGIN
"C:\PbDll60\Develop\Logprog\LOGDIA.H"
END

Form1 DIALOG 140, 50, 160, 100
STYLE DS_MODALFRAME | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_POPUP | WS_VISIBLE | WS_CAPTION |
WS_SYSMENU
CAPTION "Logarithm Calculator"
FONT 8, "MS Sans Serif"
BEGIN
CTEXT "Enter decimal number or Anitlog", Lbl1, 10, 10, 70, 20
EDITTEXT Txtin, 85, 10, 60, 20, ES_AUTOHSCROLL
PUSHBUTTON "&Quit", BtnQuit, 50, 80, 50, 14
PUSHBUTTON "&Log(10)", BtnLog, 10, 40, 50, 14
PUSHBUTTON "&Anitlog", BtnAnti, 90, 40, 50, 14
CTEXT "Conversion =", LblAns, 10, 60, 60, 10
LTEXT "", LblResult, 80, 60, 60, 15
END

=============Header File Logdia.h =====================

#define Form1 100
#define Lbl1 101
#define Txtin 102
#define BtnQuit 103
#define BtnLog 104
#define BtnAnti 105
#define LblAns 106
#define LblResult 107

[E B Knoppert]

Well, the d.e. does not generate the defines, so you messed it up i guess.

You need to place the defines on top, then the dialog source.



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[Roy Read]

Sorry if I have not made it clear in my message posting. The dialog .RC file (logdia.rc) is a seperate from the header file logdia.h.
I assume the header file is read first by the
BEGIN
C: ~ LOGDIA.H
END
statements in the .RC file.

I was thinking that there maybe something wrong with the way the defines are set out in the header file?

Cheers

Roy

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[Cecil Williams]

Roy,

Your "logdia.h" doesn't qualify as the correct RC data type.
The following is an example from Developer Studio:

Example
The following example demonstrates the use of the RCDATA statement:

resname RCDATA
{
   "Here is an ANSI string\0",    // explicitly null-terminated 
   L"Here is a Unicode string\0", // explicitly null-terminated 
   1024,                          // integer, stored as WORD 
   7L,                            // integer, stored as DWORD 
   0x029a,                        // hex integer 
   0o733,                         // octal integer 
}

Change your front end of whatever.rc to this:

#include "C:\Pbdll60\Winapi\Resource.h"
#include "C:\PbDll60\Develop\Logprog\LOGDIA.H"

Remember that the RC compiler is case sensitive. Also you can
compile the RC file in the PB IDE. Don't forget to set the include file directory paths. Use pbres to get *.pbr file.

Cheers,
Cecil




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[Roy Read]

Cecil,

Many thanks, have my PB RES file now.
Onwards to the next hurdle of accessing it from my PB code!

Cheers

Roy

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[Lance Edmonds]

Just for clarity, the FAQ forum contains at least one document on using the Dialog Editor with PB/DLL.


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Lance
PowerBASIC Support
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