Changing the Dialog Box

To change the properties of a dialog box or a single control, use the following functions of the Edit menu:

• Select New Dialog to create another dialog box in the same resource file. Your existing dialog box will stay in memory.

• Select Select Dialog to switch to another open dialog box.

• Select Symbols to define symbols.

Eight of the editing functions require that you first select the control to be edited. The selected control will appear in the drag window, surrounded by eight dots, one in each corner and one at the midpoint of each side.

The following functions require that a control must first be selected:

• Select Cut to cut a control you would like to move or delete.

• Select Copy to copy to the clipboard a control you would like to duplicate elsewhere in the same dialog or in another dialog.

• Select Paste to place a control you have marked with Cut or Copy.

• Select Clear to erase a control.

• Select Duplicate to create another control in this dialog box that is identical to the selected control.

• Select Styles to define the style of the selected control.

• Select Presentation parameters to select the colors and fonts.

• Select Size to text to adjust the size of an entry field to the text inside.