I wrote a .rsrc to .r converter about a year ago, but it wasn't complete. I
need to revisit that code, some day.
-E
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Hartman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 11:48 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: Tabbed forms - A place for .r files?
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 8:40 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Tabbed forms - A place for .r files?
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> >
> > >This is actually what we do - our tabs and and the stuff
> > they show and
> > >hide are all on one form. It isn't that bad. In constructor you can
> > >select the widget you need by using the menu option "Show object
> > >heirarchy" under the Layout menu. You do have to be careful
> > to make some
> > >changes numerically rather than visually to be certain that
> > everything
> > >lines up as you expect. You can also hide objects to get
> > them out of the
> > >way temporarily. It is quite possible to have a form that
> > contains lots
> > >of overlapping widgets without it becoming unmanageable.
> >
> > It isn't visual, but working with .r files is one way to
> > handle complex
> > forms such as that. You can even define constants (for example, base
> > horizontal and vertical offsets).
> >
>
> This sort of thing is one reason that I wish that
> Constructor saved the visually-edited resources in
> source form instead of the proprietary binary blob.
>
> I think they mentioned that that might be coming
> in the future ... but they didn't mention a particular
> target version.
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> --
> -Richard M. Hartman
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> 186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
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