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September 1994
TOOLS.DOC
Dialog Design is a very easy to use shareware visual design tool for
designing Turbo Vision Dialog boxes. It stores your designs in its own
format so you can later edit or modify them. It will output the design
as Pascal source code or include it in a Resource file.
Dialog Design versions 4.x will generate TVGraphic source code
when used with the source code generator utility TVSCR1.EXE included
with TVGraphic. Dialog Design still runs as a text mode Turbo Vision
program but the source code generated consists of TVGraphic views and
uses the TVGraphic coordinate system. In almost all cases the dialog
source code is ready to use.
A companion TVGraphic Resource file generator utility may be written later.
NOTE: Dialog Design is a separate shareware product from TVGraphic and
is by a different author. It is not included with the shareware version
of TVGraphic. For registration and documentation, follow info in your
copy of Dialog Design.
OBTAINING A COPY OF DIALOG DESIGN
CompuServe
Go Borland
select Forums
select Pascal
select libraries (Turbo Vision)
download from Turbo Vision library
key word Dialog (note that there are TWO packages listed)
Internet
anonymous ftp from ftp.std.com, in directory "vendors/Andresen".
From the author - CompuServe ID #76327,53.
copy only $15 (not including registration fee)
($30 for registration fee + copy. Ask for copy.)
{If you mention you are using it with TVGraphic,
both authors will appreciate it.}
David Baldwin,
22 Fox Den Rd.,
Hollis, NH 03049 (Approx May 15 to Oct 15)
(603) 465-7857
David Baldwin,
144 13th St. East,
Tierra Verde, FL 33715 (Approx Oct 15 to May 15)
(813) 867-3030
Since mail is forwarded, either address may be used.
USING DIALOG DESIGN WITH TVGRAPHIC
Configuring Dialog Design Version 4.0,4.1 to use TVSCR1.EXE:
Start Dialog Design
select from the menu
Options
Configuration
then enter "TVSCR1.EXE" as Source 1 under Conversion FileNames
Put a copy of TVSCR1.EXE in the Dialog Design directory.
Use Dialog Design as usual.
Limitations of source code generation with TVSCR1.EXE
Does not support the following object types in Dialog Design
CText - Dialog Design's ColorText object
ILong - Dialog Design's long integer inputline
IconButtons - unique to TVGraphic
Generates an error message for the above. (If you want to use
ILong, create a descendant in TVGraphic and enter its pointer name
in the edit box. This will get around the error message.)
Dialog Design does not support some TVGraphic features
enabling of TVGraphic's evTimerTick event
IconButtons (bitmapped buttons or views).
options for TgLabels
You do not need to change the default pointer name in each view's
edit dialog to match TVGraphic. This is done automatically when
source code is generated.
You may still enter your own pointer name for your decendant view.
Following views use the fields in EXTRAS
TgInputLine, TgStaticText
To enter the Opts field used by their constructors,
Enter one TVGraphic option per "Extra" field. Do not skip entries.
(If you don't enter anything in "Extra 1", then
DefaultOpts is used in the constructor.)
TDialog
To enter TVGraphic options used to set VOptions after construction.
Only the first "Extra" field is used, enter single option if desired.