Feature request and bug report
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2003 10:45 pm
Bugs:
The tree control and property sheet tool bar icons are missing tool tips.
Requests:
I sincerely hope that the following basic features are being considered for future inclusion into the product.
1) Copy and pasting of dialog controls. There is zero support for easy duplication of controls, making heavily populated dialogs a total pain to create.
2) Easy deletion. I find myself reaching repeatedly for the delete key but instead I have to force myself to open up a context menu with only one item in order to delete items.
3) Multiple selection of controls. Move things in groups, delete things in groups, do everything in groups.
4) Dialog test mode. Personally I don't care about this much, but pretty much every other resource builder, including a free alternative, has this feature.
5) Alignment tools. This is an absolute must! There isn't even a snap-to-grid option. Resource Builder forces the user to place one... control.... at... a... time... I have an emulator debug panel with 40 text edit boxes, 40 labels and a dozen buttons and other controls. I wanted to use Resource Builder to switch my interface from VCL to win32 dialogs, but theres no way I'm going to manually edit each and every object for size and position tweaking, especially when there is no basic control duplication support.
6) More of a ease-of-use request. Sure, true and false are obvious choices for boolean style flags, but why not make the items checkboxes and allow single or double clicking to change the state? Having to select true/false from a drop down list box takes a lot longer than double clicking and it eliminates the possibility of going down the list rapid-fire and making changes as needed.
This looks like a gripe list, and it is, but when it comes down to it, I'm probably going to have resort to using Resource Workshop 4.5 to get my project done in a reasonable amount of time, even after purchasing Resource Builder 2.0.
I do like the look and feel of Resource Builder. Its just a shame that the dialog editor has been neglected when it is probably the most frequently utilized component of a resource editor.
The tree control and property sheet tool bar icons are missing tool tips.
Requests:
I sincerely hope that the following basic features are being considered for future inclusion into the product.
1) Copy and pasting of dialog controls. There is zero support for easy duplication of controls, making heavily populated dialogs a total pain to create.
2) Easy deletion. I find myself reaching repeatedly for the delete key but instead I have to force myself to open up a context menu with only one item in order to delete items.
3) Multiple selection of controls. Move things in groups, delete things in groups, do everything in groups.
4) Dialog test mode. Personally I don't care about this much, but pretty much every other resource builder, including a free alternative, has this feature.
5) Alignment tools. This is an absolute must! There isn't even a snap-to-grid option. Resource Builder forces the user to place one... control.... at... a... time... I have an emulator debug panel with 40 text edit boxes, 40 labels and a dozen buttons and other controls. I wanted to use Resource Builder to switch my interface from VCL to win32 dialogs, but theres no way I'm going to manually edit each and every object for size and position tweaking, especially when there is no basic control duplication support.
6) More of a ease-of-use request. Sure, true and false are obvious choices for boolean style flags, but why not make the items checkboxes and allow single or double clicking to change the state? Having to select true/false from a drop down list box takes a lot longer than double clicking and it eliminates the possibility of going down the list rapid-fire and making changes as needed.
This looks like a gripe list, and it is, but when it comes down to it, I'm probably going to have resort to using Resource Workshop 4.5 to get my project done in a reasonable amount of time, even after purchasing Resource Builder 2.0.
I do like the look and feel of Resource Builder. Its just a shame that the dialog editor has been neglected when it is probably the most frequently utilized component of a resource editor.