Purpose

The Dialog Editor draws dialog boxes and controls on the screen so you can see what they look like when used by your application.

Description

You can use the Dialog Editor to create and modify dialog box and modify the controls and text within dialog boxes. As you create the dialog box and its controls, you see them on the screen as the user sees them when using your program. You can place each dialog box and its controls where you want them on the screen. You also can test the dialog box before you incorporate it into your application. The Dialog Editor saves the dialog boxes in a ASCII-text format files that have .DLG extensions. For more information see Dialog Editor.