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We Need a FiveWin Resource Editor

Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 01:29 PM

To All

I am dismayed that today, after taking ( some ) Microsoft update, ResEdit64 bit has quit working ... Open any .rc file, Resedit starts and then closes .. I wish we ( fivewin ) had a stand alone .rc resource editor .. I do not want to install an entire C++ integrated application .. like Pelles C .. or Visual Studio

Surely one of our Brilliant developers can come up with a simple to use stand alone .rc Editor ..

Thanks
Rick Lipkin

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Re: We Need a FiveWin Resource Editor

Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 02:55 PM

I would also prefer a FW solution, but the editor is not ready sofar.

Maybe a other idea... Just thinking ...

RC code looks like this :

omzetdlg DIALOG 6, 19, 797, 426
STYLE DS_MODALFRAME | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
CAPTION "Superteksten"
FONT 8, "Arial"
{
DEFPUSHBUTTON "Einde", 900, 11, 402, 36, 14
DEFPUSHBUTTON "Edit", 350, 56, 402, 36, 14
PUSHBUTTON "Clear", 101, 440, 11, 36, 14
COMBOBOX 100, 8, 9, 60, 89, CBS_DROPDOWNLIST | WS_TABSTOP
COMBOBOX 110, 76, 9, 71, 65, CBS_DROPDOWNLIST | WS_TABSTOP
CONTROL "", 300, "TxBrowse", 0 | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER | WS_VSCROLL | WS_TABSTOP, 447, 253, 339, 140
CONTROL "", 320, "TxBrowse", 0 | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER | WS_VSCROLL | WS_TABSTOP, 11, 189, 429, 204
CONTROL "", 200, "TxBrowse", 0 | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER | WS_VSCROLL | WS_HSCROLL | WS_TABSTOP, 9, 38, 778, 140
LTEXT "Klant", -1, 626, 187, 24, 12
LTEXT "700", 700, 656, 187, 24, 12
LTEXT "650", 650, 160, 11, 232, 13
}

If I look at this, I see a Xbrowse to fill this kind of data.

The question is can we have xbrowse create a dialog from it ?
We could create a function FW_ResEditor() that call this xbrowse, fill the data a let it create the dialog. It will not be a What you see editor, like Pelles, Workshop, but we changes the values of the data in xbrowse to changes the layout.
so calling the function more than once until all recources are in place.

I know that some already use a basic text editor to finetune the positions etc...,

I would be a full FW fucntion with no need for extra's like C++, People that need more could still use pelles, and change what ever Windows update would need.

So, changing the Xbrowsedata and than rebuild the dialog will make a final dialog to use.

Marc Venken

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Re: We Need a FiveWin Resource Editor

Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 03:40 PM

Master Rick Lipkin, despite being a Windows 10 defect, I fully agree with you. Mestre Navarro has the technological capability to develop a RESOURCE EDITOR similar to WORKSHOP.exe. We don't need anything out of the ordinary, just an EDITOR like WORKSHOP.exe is enough. Let's put pressure on Mestre Navarro. hahahahahahahahaha.

Maestro Rick Lipkin, a pesar de ser un defecto de Windows 10, estoy totalmente de acuerdo contigo. Mestre Navarro tiene la capacidad tecnológica para desarrollar un EDITOR DE RECURSOS similar a WORKSHOP.exe. No necesitamos nada fuera de lo común, solo un EDITOR como WORKSHOP.exe es suficiente. Hagamos presión sobre Mestre Navarro. jajajajajajajajaja.

Mestre Rick Lipkin, apesar de ser um defeito do Windows 10, concordo plenamente com o senhor. O Mestre Navarro, tem capacidade tecnológica para desenvolver um EDITOR DE RECURSOS semelhante ao WORKSHOP.exe. Não precisamos de algo fora do comum, basta apenas um EDITOR igual ao WORKSHOP.exe. Vamos pressionar o Mestre Navarro. hahahahahahahahaha.

Regards, saludos.

João Santos - São Paulo - Brasil - Phone: +55(11)95150-7341
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Re: We Need a FiveWin Resource Editor

Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 04:10 PM

FWH already provides a resources editor (on development) at FWH\samples\re.prg

Try it doing:

buildh.bat re

regards, saludos

Antonio Linares
www.fivetechsoft.com
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Re: We Need a FiveWin Resource Editor

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2025 10:48 PM

This feels like one of those cases where simplicity would solve 90% of the pain. A basic resource editor, nothing fancy, would already unblock so many workflows. Once you have a tool like that, you can actually see what’s being changed and why, instead of guessing. That’s where better decisions come from—clear inputs and outputs. It’s the same mindset you see with teams who value tooling and end up looking at paths like lemon io careers to build things that surface real data. Less chaos, more clarity.

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