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From: bob@eecs.nwu.edu (Bob Hablutzel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Changing complicated Dialogs into Windows (TechNote 203)
Message-ID: <10050021@eecs.nwu.edu>
Date: 3 Oct 88 15:16:02 GMT
References: <4209@polya.Stanford.EDU>
Organization: Northwestern U, Evanston IL, USA
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> I couldn't imagine doing this for a large number of controls (i.e.
> a complicated Dialog which should be done with the Window Manager).
> What I'm wondering is: what am I doing wrong?  Is there an easier
> way to do this that I don't know about?  ResEdit allows me to easily
> preview what a dialog will look like, so I can fine tune it without
> exiting ResEdit.  I can't see how to do this with a Window.

I recently came across the same problem - creating what looks like 
a dialog, but isn't (actually, it isn't even a window...). The way I
settled on was to use ResEdit to create a DITL resource, then parse
out the DITL myself. Not to hard to do, and much easier than fudging
each individual control. When you're done, if you want, you can break
the DITL into it's componants, and create each resource seperately. Up
to you.

Bob Hablutzel		BOB@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU
Disclaimer:	My bosses wouldn't know what a DITL was, and would
		probably ask me to stop messing with them if they did.