Re: Association of a Dialog Resource to the corresponding C++ Class
"Dave Calkins" <david.calkins@noemail.noemail> wrote in message
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We're using Visual Studio 2005 SP1 on Windows XP SP2.
When you create a new dialog in the resource editor and then use "Add
Class" to create a C++ class for that dialog, it creates the class and is
then "aware" of the association between the dialog resource and the C++
class. When this works correctly, you can then add controls and use "Add
Variable" and it knows which class to add the variable to. Same thing
goes for adding message handlers, etc.
So where/how does Visual Studio store this association? How does it know
that IDD_MYPROPSDLG is associated with the C++ class CMyPropsDlg? Where
is this information stored?
Thanks!
The IDD_MYPROPSDLG appears in the class declaration in the .h file. I don't
know if the association is also maintained in some private file, but one can
erase most of the private files (like *.ncb) and the association still
works.
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