The file Bozidar is refering to, UIResDefs.r, can be found on the Palm
devzone as "Palm Types" at http://www.palm.com/devzone/tools/index.html The
download link is toward the bottom of the page.
-E
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of Bozidar Benc
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 12:59 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Tabbed forms - A place for .r files?
>
>
> Someone from Palm or MW posted here instructions how to
> create .r source file from .rsrc file.
>
> In short, here is what you must do (if you are using CW R6, I
> don't know if it works with R5):
>
> - open your project settings, locate and highlight the RSRC file type
> in the "File Mappings" panel.
> - change the compiler option to "Rez" and click on the "Change" button
> - in the "Rez" panel add "UIResDefs.r" to the "Prefix File"
> field. That file
> must be somewhere in your include path.
>
> To get the source code from the .rsrc file, right-click on that .rsrc file
> in the project window and choose "Disassemble" option.
>
> Regards
>
> Bozidar
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Hartman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 6:48 PM
> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: RE: Tabbed forms - A place for .r files?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----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?
> > >
> > >
> > > >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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > -Richard M. Hartman
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > 186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
> >
> >
>
>
>
