WIL Dialog Editor - Edit

 

Undo

Reverses the last edit. This command will not undo changes made to control attribute values with the attribute dialog box.

 

Cut

Removes the active control from a dialog and places it in the paste buffer. If a control already exists in the paste buffer it is destroyed before the copied control is added.

 

Copy

Places a copy of the active control into the paste buffer. If a control already exists in the paste buffer, it is destroyed before the copied control is added.

 

Paste

Inserts a control in the paste buffer into the dialog.

 

Select All

Selects all controls in dialog.

 

Delete

Removes the active control from a dialog.

 

Rescale

Expands or shrinks the dialog and all controls so that the dialog just fits in the Dialog Editor’s current viewing area. Note: Because of limits on the granularity of controls and fonts, the adjustments are only approximate and you may need to make additional edits.

 

Convert

Converts a legacy dialog template to the latest dialog template format.

 

Options

Launches the options dialog. The options dialog allows you to control how Dialog Editor loads and saves your dialog template.

 

Load Tab...

The Load Tab options let you control what Dialog Editor does at startup and while reading your dialog templates.

Load Bitmap Files

When this box is checked, Dialog Editor will search for and display the bitmaps you have specified for the dialog background, bitmap buttons and picture controls. When this box is not checked, Dialog Editor will not attempt to find or display bitmaps. If you change this option after you have already loaded a bitmap file into your dialog, Dialog Editor will not unload the bitmap. It will not, however, attempt to find and display any additional bitmap you may specify.

 

Load Last Template at Startup

Check this box to have Dialog Editor load your previous work the next time you start it. If this box is not checked, Dialog Editor will start with the default new dialog template.

 

Display Warnings When Loading Template

Use this check box to turn off warning messages while loading dialog templates. Dialog Editor displays warnings when it cannot find bitmap files or finds a malformed or missing attribute value in a controls definition. When this option is checked, Dialog Editor gives you the opportunity to continue or abort the loading process when problems are found. It may or may not be able to load the problematic control when you tell it to continue but it always attempts to load the next line in the template. When this option is not checked, Dialog Editor behaves as if you pressed the Continue button at each warning.

 

Save Tab

Prompt Before Saving Templates

When this box is checked Dialog Editor will always ask you before it saves your changes to a dialog template. Even if you do not check this box, Dialog Editor will still prompt you to save a new template, if you have not saved it before.

 

Save to clipboard same as save to file *: This option only applies to templates loaded from the clipboard and when checked it increases the possibility of data loss.

 

Use Control Style Constants When this box is checked (default) the Dialog Editor will use vertical bar (|) delimited style constants instead of numbers in control style attribute when a dialog template is saved to a file or a clipboard.

 

Restore Defaults...

This menu item sets all items in the Options Dialog back to their factory default settings. It also makes all toolbars visible and docked on the main application window.

 

 

Getting Started

Using the Dialog Editor

FILE

EDIT

VIEW

INSERT

ALIGN

TEST

HELP