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Hello Ken, thank you for your post.
Do you have an example how to use prg-files with Fbedit?
Regards,
Otto

Ken Wantz wrote:It can be downloaded from http://www.radasm.com.

It seem there is no way to work with .RES files.

Best regards

EnricoMaria wrote:

Ken Wantz wrote:It can be downloaded from http://www.radasm.com.

I just tried to open one of my RC made using Borland Resource Workshop and the very first thing I get was a very bad GPF! Sorry but I deleted it immediately.

EMG

Otto,

No, I have not looked at or tried Fbedit at all. I have used Ultra Edit for years and I am quite comfortable with it just as Antonio is with using the Borland Resource Editor. It could be that Fbedit was designed more for creating ASM files.

Enrico,

I extracted all 114 files to a folder. Most, if not all look to be samples. There are a couple of dll's and lib's but may be ASM samples. I ran ResEd on two other XP Pro systems with no GPF’s. Are running Vista and, if so, is it 32 or 64 bit?

Using WinZip, I checked the CRC under “Properties” and got 72E93015. Could it be your download was corrupted? To check which version was currently posted, I had to download it a couple of times before WinZip would open the file.

I tried opening several FiveWin .RC sample files and had no problems opening any of them. A couple samples I opened (i.e. Testtrer.rc or testdlg4.rc) had “produced by Borland Resource Workshop” at the top of the file. The ResEd zip file also contains several demo .RC files which I also had no trouble opening.

The original zip file I downloaded had a ResEd.exe date of 8/24/2007; however, the latest version is 11/9/2007. According to Ketil, “ResEd 1.1.4.3 contains many improvements and a few bug fixes.”

Armando,

No, for use with FiveWin, it seems that it only works with .RC files which are also used with UEStudio. I do not know for certain, but it seems these applications were originally designed to be used with assembler applications. It just so happens that the same RC files also work with C, FiveWin and (x)Harbour.

Jose,

I too also had a similar problem at first. In the latest version go to “Options” “Options” and select the Behaviour tab. In the right there is a check box labled as “Styles as Hex.” Deselect it. What I found was I could compile using Borland either way but the UEStudio Resource Editor didn’t like the Hex values at all. I assume Borland Resource Editor is the same.

What OS are you using, i.e. XP or Vista?

For All,

In the same Behaviour tab as above there is also an option to “Keep Toolbox selection.” It was a suggestion of mine but implemented poorly. A further change will be made to replace the option with either holing down the ALT, CTRL or whatever to make things more efficient.

A second addition coming is Undo. I found it worked in certain cases but not for control placement.

I also suggested that Reload and/or Close icons be added. When I switch to UES, I might make changes to the RC file directly and if not reloaded into ResEd, any changes would not be updated.

You just talking about editors

I use PSPad.

It is multilanguage, its free and
can handle many things, i didn't see in other editors.
Syntax-handling for every program-language.

A long time a worked with EditPlus, but this one is much better.
A better one i couldn't find.

You can download it at :

http://www.pspad.com

Regards
Uwe

You just talking about editors

Just curious .. why in the .rc does the name of the dialog get named 'dialogx' ..

Rick Lipkin

Enrico,

>Have a look at this also:

>http://www.resedit.net

I looked at the website and it looks promising.

Have you already tried it? If so, what are your impressions?

James

It seems the best I've tried so far.

EMG

I am looking for a replacement of Borland's
as well.
I found Resource Builder.
It starts there, where Borland ended.
It is not free of charge ( 48 Dollars )
but for that, what you can do, it is ok.

for download : http://www.resource-builder.com

Key Features

Working with RC and RES resource files and full Unicode support
You can create and edit any resources in the comfortable visual editors of Resource Builder and then save them to RC or RES files that can be used in third-party applications. Moreover, Resource Builder allows you to select and load the resources you need from resource files and create their new combinations. You can also select separate resources and save them to a file. Resource Builder is the only visual resource editor that allows to create, edit and save Unicode RC scripts.

Importing resources from files of various formats
Resource Builder has a unique feature of importing resources from Win32 executables (EXE, DLL …) and from 32-bit and 16-bit binary resource files (RES, DCR). Using Resource Builder you will be able to restore resources used in your applications even if you lost their sources.

Patching and updating resources in executable files
Resource Builder makes it possible to update, patch and modify resources directly in executables, such as applications and dynamic-link libraries even without recompiling them.

Advanced features in working with graphic resources
Resource Builder allows you to work with images in the JPEG format as easily as with standard BMP images. Support for images with any size and colors count allows using Resource Builder as a replacement for Borland Resource Workshop or Image Editor, which unable to support "quality" images in projects. Moreover, the graphic editor of the program allows you to process images with the help of various filters making it no worse than serious graphic packages.

WYSWIG Visual dialog editor
A few simple mouse actions, editing of couple values in the Properties column and you get what you need! To make it more comfortable for developers, the toolbar contains all common Windows controls: labels, buttons, checkboxes and so on. To place them onto the form, a couple of moves with your mouse is quite enough. Using Custom Control libraries allows dramatically extending your dialogs.

Supporting the DFM format (forms in Delphi and C++ Builder)
You can view and edit forms created with Borland Delphi and C++Builder in the text form and preview them in original view. You can preview real image of edited forms and even more view them in "working" mode as application form. Resource Builder can also work with resources stored in Delphi packages.

Support HTML, XML and ANI resources; built-in compiler; support for command-line interface and many other features, which you will discover as you start using Resource Builder, make it really necessary tool for beginners and experienced developers!

I think, more you don't need.

Regards
Uwe

DIALOG: The dialog keyword tells the C++ resource compiler that we are creating a new dialog box. If we wanted to create a dialog box with extended styles, we would use DIALOGEX instead.