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TOOLS.DOC
Dialog Design is a very easy to use shareware visual design tool for
designing Turbo Vision Dialog boxes. It saves 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 version 4.0 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 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 downloadable
file version of TVGraphic. For registration and documentation,
follow info in your copy of Dialog Design.
Obtaining a Copy of Dialog Design version 4.0 (or above)
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
As of the time of this writing - not guaranteed in the future.
garbo.uwasa.fi
oak.oakland.edu
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 to use TVSCR1.EXE
Start Dialog Design
select from the menu
Options
Configuration
then enter "TVSCR1.EXE" as Source 1 under Conversion FileNames
Use Dialog Designer as usual.
Limitations of source code generation with TVSCR1.EXE
Does not support the following object types in Dialog Design
CText - DD's ColorText object
History
ILong - Dialog Design's long integer inputline
MultiCheckBox
Validators
IconButtons - unique to TVGraphic
Memo - Editors unit for TVGraphic is in process
Generates an error message for all except Memo. (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
TInputLine, TStaticText
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.