If you are using templates with your CDEFs, then you need to be aware of some important aspects of the Dialog Manager and its items.

Multiple items in the same or different windows can use the same CNTL (control). The width and height of the control is always the same, however. For the most part, the DLOG item pinpoints the location of the actual item on the DLOG. The DLOG item editors also let you set the enabled and disabled flags of a CNTL item.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Although you may be using the Dialog Manager calls to create a window, that window doesn't actually have to be modal. Many coders use the advanced item editing of the Dialog editors in ResEdit and Resorcerer to make their windows. No reason to be ashamed. It works!