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to: Gary Chambers
from: Phil Crown
date: 1996-02-06 10:58:59
subject: Resource Editor

-=> Quoting Gary Chambers to All <=- 

 GC> I have Borland C++ for OS/2 (v1.5), and am thoroughly disappointed
 GC> with the resource editor.  Can some recommend a 3rd-party (or
 GC> Shareware) replacement?  The .RC code this thing generates will not

The only other Resource Editor I've seen is the one on DevCon 9, which
makes Borland's RC editor look very polished!
 
 GC> compile with RC.EXE.  Additionally, it throws inappropriate attributes
 GC> into the "style" parameter of every resource in the file
(i.e. placing
 GC> button styles in bitmap resources).  As a result, I have resorted to
 GC> manually creating everything.  Very frustrating, indeed.  Thanks in
 GC> advance...

I've only found one bug in Borland's Resource editor that comes with BCOS2
v2.0, which is when setting Justification on a Spinbutton style to Center,
it always saves it as Right in the .rc/.dlg file, which I must change
manually.

Phil
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