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--- creating_20a_20dialogue_20box_20from_20a_20resource [2018/03/31 13:19] – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 =====Creating a dialogue box from a resource=====
-//by Richard Russell, May 2006, revised April 2012//\\ \\  The normal method of creating a dialogue box in BBC BASIC for Windows is to call the procedures in the **WINLIB2** library:\\
+//by Richard Russell, May 2006, revised April 2012//\\ \\  The normal method of creating a dialogue box in BBC BASIC for Windows is to call the procedures in the **WINLIB2** library:
   * PROC_pushbutton
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   * PROC_dlgitem
   * PROC_dlgctrl
-\\  However there may be circumstances when the dialogue box has already been designed and its template is contained as a //resource// within a DLL or EXE file. In that case you can create the dialogue box in your program using the resource data. The code example below creates a dialogue box from the resource data for BB4W's **Customize** dialogue (in BBCWIN.EXE or BBCWDEM.EXE):\\ \\
+However there may be circumstances when the dialogue box has already been designed and its template is contained as a //resource// within a DLL or EXE file. In that case you can create the dialogue box in your program using the resource data. The code example below creates a dialogue box from the resource data for BB4W's **Customize** dialogue (in BBCWIN.EXE or BBCWDEM.EXE):
+<code bb4w>
         INSTALL @lib$+"WINLIB2"
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         dlg%?19 OR= &10 : REM Add WS_VISIBLE style
         PROC_showdialog(dlg%)
-Naturally this code will only run within the **BB4W IDE**, because if compiled to an executable file the dialogue box resource data will not be present.\\ \\  To load the dialogue box resource data from a different file (for example a DLL) then replace the call to "GetModuleHandle" with a call to "LoadLibrary" as follows:\\
+</code>
+Naturally this code will only run within the **BB4W IDE**, because if compiled to an executable file the dialogue box resource data will not be present.\\ \\  To load the dialogue box resource data from a different file (for example a DLL) then replace the call to "GetModuleHandle" with a call to "LoadLibrary" as follows:
+<code bb4w>
         SYS "LoadLibrary", "EXAMPLE.DLL" TO hmod%
+</code>
 You can embed one or more resources in your own compiled executable as follows:\\
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   - Compile the resource from a **.RC** file to a **.RES** file using a Resource Compiler.
   - Specify that the resource should be embedded in your program using **REM!Resource**.
-\\  To enable you to develop and test your program in the BB4W IDE you can initially create a 'dummy' executable, by compiling a program containing only the "REM!Resource" directive:\\
+To enable you to develop and test your program in the BB4W IDE you can initially create a 'dummy' executable, by compiling a program containing only the "REM!Resource" directive:
+<code bb4w>
         REM!Exefile @dir$+"myprog.exe",encrypt
         REM!Resource @dir$+"mydialog.res"
-Then you can access the resource from the 'real' program as follows:\\
+</code>
+Then you can access the resource from the 'real' program as follows:
+<code bb4w>
         SYS "LoadLibrary", @dir$+"myprog.exe" TO hmod%
+</code>
 When you eventually compile your program, containing the resources in its EXE file, this will still work.