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   2 Prototype dialog editor and property sheet classes
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   5 Julian Smart, October 4th 1995
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   8 Here's what I've done so far on a lightweight dialog editor.  The 16-bit
   9 Windows binaries in the bin directory are dialoged.exe (the dialog
  10 editor) and test.exe (a small property sheet demo).
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  12 Main points:
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  14  - You can create a new dialog box and add items to it.
  15  - You can move items around, and right-click
  16    to edit a few properties (very incomplete).
  17  - Can't write out .wxr files yet. Loading code is in
  18    wxWindows, but writing code is absent: should be put
  19    into wxWindows.
  20  - No attempt at resources other than dialogs yet.
  21    Should have menu editor too.
  22  - Should *somehow* have a protocol to allow
  23    existing resources e.g. in wxCLIPS/wxPython
  24    to be edited in situ.
  25    This should be made simpler by the existance of
  26    the plug-in event handler mechanism, which means you
  27    can temporarily handle all the events yourself.
  28  - See dialoged.cc: the main program is tiny because
  29    it's meant to be embeddable.
  30  - The wxPropertySheet (set of) classes are very
  31    general and should be put into wxWin and documented.
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  33 Comments, chivvying and help all appreciated. Maybe if
  34 I documented what I had, it would be easier for others
  35 to do some work on it.
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  37 Regards,
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  39 Julian