\subsection{File menu}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
-\twocolitem{New dialog}{Creates a new dialog resource.}
-\twocolitem{New project}{Creates a new project (clears index and resets project name).}
-\twocolitem{Open}{Opens an existing resource file.}
+\twocolitem{New Dialog}{Creates a new dialog resource.}
+\twocolitem{New Project}{Creates a new project (clears index and resets project name).}
+\twocolitem{Open...}{Opens an existing resource file.}
\twocolitem{Save}{Saves the current resources.}
\twocolitem{Save As...}{Saves the current resources in a named file.}
\twocolitem{Clear}{Clears the current resources.}
+\twocolitem{Convert Old Resources...}{Takes a directory of wxWindows 1.68 dialog resources,
+and converts them to wxWindows 2 resources, in a separate directory. See
+\helpref{Converting old files}{convertingoldfiles}.}
\twocolitem{Exit}{Exits the program.}
\end{twocollist}
\subsection{Help menu}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
-\twocolitem{Help topics}{Displays on-line help at the contents page.}
+\twocolitem{Help Topics}{Displays on-line help at the contents page.}
\twocolitem{About}{Displays an dialog showing the Dialog Editor version and author.}
\end{twocollist}
\twocolitem{\icon{new.eps}{New}}{Clears the project.}
\twocolitem{\icon{open.eps}{Open}}{Opens an existing resource file.}
\twocolitem{\icon{save.eps}{Save}}{Saves the current resources.}
-\twocolitem{\icon{vert.eps}{Horizontal align}}{Aligns the centre of the selected items horizontally.}
-\twocolitem{\icon{alignt.eps}{Horizontal top-align}}{Aligns the top sides of the selected items horizontally.}
-\twocolitem{\icon{alignb.eps}{Horizontal bottom-align}}{Aligns the bottom sides of the selected items horizontally.}
-\twocolitem{\icon{horiz.eps}{Vertical align}}{Aligns the centre of the selected items vertically.}
-\twocolitem{\icon{alignl.eps}{Vertical left-align}}{Aligns the left sides of the selected items vertically.}
-\twocolitem{\icon{alignr.eps}{Vertical right-align}}{Aligns the right sides of the selected items vertically.}
-\twocolitem{\icon{copysize.eps}{Copy size}}{Copies the size of the first selected item to the subsequently selected item(s).}
-\twocolitem{\icon{tofront.eps}{To front}}{Puts the selected item(s) to the front of the display list.}
-\twocolitem{\icon{toback.eps}{To back}}{Puts the selected item(s) to the back of the display list.}
+\twocolitem{\icon{vert.eps}{Horizontal align}}{Aligns the centre of the selected controls horizontally.}
+\twocolitem{\icon{alignt.eps}{Horizontal top-align}}{Aligns the top sides of the selected controls horizontally.}
+\twocolitem{\icon{alignb.eps}{Horizontal bottom-align}}{Aligns the bottom sides of the selected controls horizontally.}
+\twocolitem{\icon{horiz.eps}{Vertical align}}{Aligns the centre of the selected controls vertically.}
+\twocolitem{\icon{alignl.eps}{Vertical left-align}}{Aligns the left sides of the selected controls vertically.}
+\twocolitem{\icon{alignr.eps}{Vertical right-align}}{Aligns the right sides of the selected controls vertically.}
+\twocolitem{\icon{copysize.eps}{Copy size}}{Copies the size of the first selected control to the subsequently selected control(s).}
+\twocolitem{\icon{copywdth.eps}{Copy width}}{Copies the width of the first selected control to the subsequently selected control(s).}
+\twocolitem{\icon{copyhght.eps}{Copy height}}{Copies the height of the first selected control to the subsequently selected control(s).}
+\twocolitem{\icon{disthor.eps}{Distribute horizontally}}{Evenly distributes the space between the selected controls, horizontally. Note that the controls
+should be selected in order from left to right.}
+\twocolitem{\icon{distvert.eps}{Distribute vertically}}{Evenly distributes the space between the selected controls, vertically. Note that the controls
+should be selected in order from top to bottom.}
+\twocolitem{\icon{tofront.eps}{To front}}{Puts the selected control(s) to the front of the display list.}
+\twocolitem{\icon{toback.eps}{To back}}{Puts the selected control(s) to the back of the display list.}
\twocolitem{\icon{help.eps}{Help}}{Invokes Dialog Editor help.}
\end{twocollist}
environment. The best thing is to try your dialog resource on several platforms
and see whether tweaking is required for some platforms.
+\section{Converting old files}\label{convertingoldfiles}
+
+Dialog Editor can make an attempt at converting dialog resources created with Dialog Editor for wxWindows 1.68.
+The command is {\bf Convert Old Resources...} on the {\bf File} menu.
+
+You need to specify two directories, an input and an output directory. Dialog Editor will
+do the following conversions:
+
+\begin{enumerate}\itemsep=0pt
+\item wxMultiText becomes a wxTextCtrl with wxTE\_MULTILINE style.
+\item wxText becomes a wxTextCtrl.
+\item wxMessage becomes either a wxStaticText or wxStaticBitmap.
+\item wxButton becomes a wxBitmapButton if necessary.
+\item wxGroupBox becomes wxStaticBox.
+\item Controls that no longer have labels, such as wxTextCtrl and wxListBox,
+have a separate wxStaticText control created for them at approximately the correct
+position. The label's window name becomes ControlName_Label where ControlName is
+the name of the control that formerly had the label.
+\item Identifiers are allocated.
+\item Font sizes are reduced to counter the decreased font size now created by wxWindows
+for a given point size.
+\item The dialog height is reduced slightly to compensate for the fact that the dialog caption
+is no longer included in the size.
+\end{enumerate}
+
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