Creating a dialog box
Left-click on the dialog box icon on the object palette, and left-click
again on the object editor canvas, or choose New dialog from
the Edit menu. The dialog box properties editor will be shown,
with the following controls.
- Name
- The name of this dialog box instance.
- Description
- A textual description of the dialog box.
- Class name
- The name of the C++ class that will be created for
this dialog box.
- Title
- The default title for the dialog box.
- Width
- The width of the dialog box.
- Height
- The width of the dialog box.
- Fit contents
- If checked on, the panel will fit itself to its
contents.
- Horizontal labels
- If checked on, the default labelling orientation
is horizontal, otherwise it is vertical.
- Label font
- The name of the font to be used for panel item labels.
The font should have been created previously using the font manager,
accessible from the GDI menu.
- Button font
- The name of the font to be used for panel item contents.