Sounds and Looks like a far easier method than what I did. I might even convert to
that since I only want to add mainly group box's with some controls, and check box's.
Thanks
Chris
Christopher Crowe (Software Developer)
Microsoft MVP, MCP
Adrock Software
Byte Computer & Software LTD
P.O Box 13-155
Christchurch
New Zealand
Phone/Fax (NZ) 03-3651-112
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Dennis Chuah
> Sent: Tuesday, 6 April 1999 16:47
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: RE: [DUG]: Setting up the # of drop down rows from a WINDOWS
> Dialog Control
>
>
>
> Chris,
>
> > I sort of worked something like that out looking at the D4 source
> > code for the Combo Box. I came up with this bit of code below.
> >
> > I was doing this as part of my new Open Dialogs for a project.
> > The project adds combos, checkboxs, and groups to the open dialogs.
>
> Have you considered looking at ExtDlgs.pas - this is the source to the
> TOpenPicture / TSavePicture dialogs. It is a very good example of how you
> can create Delphi controls for use on a non-Delphi form / dialog.
> You might
> be able to replace your combobox with the Delphi TCombobox component.
>
> > In order to get a dialog recource editor I had to install
> > Microsoft Visual C++ which is over 300 meg, so I have a 300 meg
> > resource editor. It is such a pity Borland did not think that
> > Delphi developers would like such a tool, instead of providing
> > such rubbish in a product called ImageEditor which has the same
> > bugs since about D2, and does not edit or create resources
> > anyway, except images and does that badly as well.
>
> I agree. Delphi ought to have a resource workshop "built in". Given the
> extensible nature of Delphi, this shouldn't be too difficult for
> Borland to
> do. BTW, the various versions of the resource workshop in
> Borland C++ also
> have their bugs, some of which carry from version to version.
> What we need
> is a *REAL* resource editor. Any takers?
>
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> Manager, Product Development
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