Need help with dialog boxes

[Zoalord]

I need help making a dialog box. Dev C++ keeps returning errors when I attempt to use a template from a resource. Soemthing about there being no resources. And, if I make a template from memory(in code). When I fill out the DLGTEMPLATE struct, it keeps telling me that the members I filled out are invalid. This only happens when I am making dialogs, and the software is properly set up.... Thanks! btw, what is an easy way to tell how large of a dialog you are going to get without a visual resource editor?

[Garfield]

First of all, you are going to have to be a little more specific on your problem. I assume you're using MSVC++?

>> what is an easy way to tell how large of a dialog you are going to get without a visual resource editor? <<

Do you mean at execution time? I think you should just be able to handle the WM_SIZE message and extract everything out of the parameters (WPARAM and LPARAM).

[c++.prog.newbie]

garfield
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I assume you're using MSVC++?
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zoalord
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Dev C++ keeps....
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[Zoalord]

I am using dev C++. Any ideas as to the cause of my problems? Thanks for your time.

[Ken Fitlike]

Looks like you are attempting to do two different things at once ie create a resource script and create your resources dynamically in memory. If you are using a resource script (and DevC++ will provide a default one, check out the project options) you don't need to bother with DLGTEMPLATE or stuff like that. If you want to use DLGTEMPLATE then you don't need the resource script. There was a discussion of this sort of thing not too long ago so a quick search may provide you with some more info.

[Garfield]

Sorry, didn't see the Dev C++ thing...

So, is that what you want to do to find the width/height of the dlg?

[novacain]

Justin Case

Make sure you are including

resouce.h
script.rc

when creating a resource based dialog.
(these are the names used by MSVC)