PF> "Dialog Units" were supposed to solve this type of problem for

 GC> I haven't seen mention of this anywhere.  What are/were they?

They are a unit based on the default system font -- see WinMapDlgPoints.

ms: "Dialog Coordinates

Coordinates in a dialog template are specified in dialog coordinates and
are based on the size of the system font. A horizontal unit is one-fourth
of the system-font-character average width; a vertical unit is one-eighth
of the system-font-character average height. The origin of the dialog
template is the lower-left corner of the dialog window. MS OS/2 provides
the WinMapDlgPoints function for converting dialog coordinates into window
coordinates."



 PF> Right...or use a WINDOWTEMPLATE resource, but assume the

 GC> I have seen this in the dialog editor I'm using (JBA 
 GC> GuideLines), but have never tried to apply it.  Where 
 GC> can I find information on the differences between this 
 GC> and DLGTEMPLATE; or can you explain?

There is no difference;  WINDOWTEMPLATE is a visual clue to anyone reading
the *.rc file that it is a main window though.


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