Dialog Editor View

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The Dialog Editor is used to interactively create or modify a dialog. Two toolbars are available to simplify dialog editing.

Control Toolbar: This toolbar contains all of the different types of controls that are available in a dialog.

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Static text control (Not editable)

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Static frame control

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Button control

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Check control

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Radio control

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Editbox text control

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Combobox control (Drop-List only)

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Listbox control

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Picture control

A Control Properties dialog will appear when creating a control, or when double-clicking on an control in the dialog (with Motif, use the middle mouse button to modify a control). Use the Control Properties dialog to define the GENER macro variable associated with the control, its initial value, et cetera.

Utilities Toolbar: This toolbar contains helper gadgets to arrange the layout, size, alignment and position of your dialog controls.

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Left align two or more controls

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Right align two or more controls

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Top align two or more controls

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Bottom align two or more controls

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Center control(s) horizontally

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Center control(s) vertically

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Horizontally space three or more controls evenly

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Vertically space three or more controls evenly

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Make two or more controls the same width

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Make two or more controls the same height

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Make two or more controls the same size

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Test the dialog (popup a real dialog)

Test: Test the dialog (popup a real dialog).

Reset: Used to ignore any changes made since you entered the dialog editor

Cancel: Exit the editor without saving any changes made to the dialog

OK: Exit the editor and save all changes made to the dialog