UpDown Controls preset ranges

[zemtex]

I will convert my resource file into code  :P I wonder how I can do that effectively, the only Resource Editor I really like is the one from ketil olsen. I think I will just go ahead and do it manually, I have no rush  :bdg

The damn resource file added another 4 or 5 KB into my executable just like that, its quite noticeable. I think I can get rid of at least 3 KB by converting it to code. Unless the data hit a boundary and added a 4 KB cluster which is partially empty, I forgot to check.

Another "annoyance" is that if you use resource files, people will steal your resource template, extract it from your executable. I have seen one of my templates stolen at least once

[Gunner]

If you use RadASM (which has the resource editor) it has a tool called Dialog To Window.  It will convert your dialog with controls, to CreateWindowEx calls  :U  You will just have to modify the ouputed code (at least I do when I use it)

[dedndave]

you guys and all your fancy editors   :P
i roll all my own stuff, mostly in NotePad   :lol
of course, i am not doing it for a living
i'd probably do something different if i had a boss breathing down my neck, wondering when it will be done

[MichaelW]

Unless you were creating a large number of nearly identical controls, I suspect that the code to create the dialog and then create the controls individually would be larger than the dialog template would be.

[dedndave]

it's a toss-up for controls, really
as i recall, all the text is stored in unicode in the resource section
but if you use the method i showed a few posts back, you can add entries into the tables to make it more flexible

for menus, i cut it in half, then some

[Bill Cravener]

you guys and all your fancy editors   :P
i roll all my own stuff, mostly in NotePad   :lol

Right on Dave, best assembly editor ever created! :thumbu

I'm the author of a small utility with nearly 7000 lines of code all done and managed in Notepad (I used my HTML editor to count the lines though :bg).

[dedndave]

i use Hutch's QuickEditor for line numbers
i would use it exclusively if copy and paste were not 3-steps   :'(
i have thought some of RE'ing the thing to modify it - lol
maybe it would be easier to add line numbers to NotePad
another approach would be to write my own, of course
i do like a couple other features in Hutch's

[zemtex]

Notepad is useful, I think I have used it for html, css, javascript, vbscript, assembly and god knows what not. Notepad is simple and useful. We all like simplicity. But after many years I have come to value editors that have these two characteristics:

1: Simple
2: ingenious for its use

Notepad have these two characteristics:

1: Simple
2: Useful

So in the recent years I use only "GOOD" editors. There is a reason notepad is named notepad; It is good for notes. It is an excellent viewer, it is an excellent "quick" edit program, but it is in no way ingenious for its use.

I know what people mean when they say they like notepad, I have been there myself. As you become a more efficient editor/coder you learn to appreciate the ingenious part that makes the editor exceptional, easy to use.

What I don't tend to like is advanced editors that has a crappy interface with a ton of buttons. The user interface must be clean, yet it should have "not so obvious" advanced capabilities hidden away from the interface.  :naughty: