.NET resource files
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Arggh. Could they have made it any harder to have resources in a C# project? All the faffing about reminds me a lot of the early Windows programming days. Michael :-) Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana
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Arggh. Could they have made it any harder to have resources in a C# project? All the faffing about reminds me a lot of the early Windows programming days. Michael :-) Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana
What kind of resources are you trying to use? James "And we are all men; apart from the females." - Colin Davies
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What kind of resources are you trying to use? James "And we are all men; apart from the females." - Colin Davies
I'm putting strings, icons and bitmaps into "resource dll's" for multi-language support. I just find the new IDE/Resource editor is too primitive compared to the good old VC6 editor. I guess Microsoft will eventually evolve the tools but it has got me frustrated. Just the first of many things today about .NET that has got me hot and bothered. I've now moved onto trying to do Wizard's in C# and find that all the good SetWizardMode functionality of the MFC Property sheets isn't there either. There just seems to many holes in the .NET framework functionality. I thought .NET was trying to encourage code reuse, but if MS don't even supply the standard window functionality then we'll all end up reinventing the wheel. Michael :-) Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana
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I'm putting strings, icons and bitmaps into "resource dll's" for multi-language support. I just find the new IDE/Resource editor is too primitive compared to the good old VC6 editor. I guess Microsoft will eventually evolve the tools but it has got me frustrated. Just the first of many things today about .NET that has got me hot and bothered. I've now moved onto trying to do Wizard's in C# and find that all the good SetWizardMode functionality of the MFC Property sheets isn't there either. There just seems to many holes in the .NET framework functionality. I thought .NET was trying to encourage code reuse, but if MS don't even supply the standard window functionality then we'll all end up reinventing the wheel. Michael :-) Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana
Michael P Butler wrote: There just seems to many holes in the .NET framework functionality. Yes, a shame; but expected for a version 1.0 product. Michael P Butler wrote: I thought .NET was trying to encourage code reuse, but if MS don't even supply the standard window functionality then we'll all end up reinventing the wheel. Property sheets don't exist anymore; according to the framework anyway. I guess you would call the equivalent a UserControl. For Wizard functionality I have some code I'm going to release soon (just one bug yet to fix) or you can use Genghis[^] (created by Chris Sells, who also created Attila for ATL). I haven't looked at Genghis' wizard framework so I don't know what it has and what it lacks. James "And we are all men; apart from the females." - Colin Davies
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Michael P Butler wrote: There just seems to many holes in the .NET framework functionality. Yes, a shame; but expected for a version 1.0 product. Michael P Butler wrote: I thought .NET was trying to encourage code reuse, but if MS don't even supply the standard window functionality then we'll all end up reinventing the wheel. Property sheets don't exist anymore; according to the framework anyway. I guess you would call the equivalent a UserControl. For Wizard functionality I have some code I'm going to release soon (just one bug yet to fix) or you can use Genghis[^] (created by Chris Sells, who also created Attila for ATL). I haven't looked at Genghis' wizard framework so I don't know what it has and what it lacks. James "And we are all men; apart from the females." - Colin Davies
James T. Johnson wrote: Yes, a shame; but expected for a version 1.0 product. Especially a product that has obviously been pushed out of the door before the development team had finished it. I keep forgetting that Microsoft historically have shipped quickly and then built up a fine product over a few versions. I've just been so used to the fine development tools of VS6 that .NET is akin to working with stone knives and bearskins. Maybe C# isn't quiet ready for me to use in primetime. James T. Johnson wrote: For Wizard functionality I have some code I'm going to release soon (just one bug yet to fix) or you can use Genghis[^] (created by Chris Sells, who also created Attila for ATL). I haven't looked at Genghis' wizard framework so I don't know what it has and what it lacks. Thanks for the link. I'll have a look. Also look forward to your Wizard article too. Michael :-) Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana