How to use resource editor in msvc 7.0

[Jay]

I'm a long time use of msvc (since v2.0) but the resource editor in version
7.0 has me stumped.

All I'm trying to do is edit the text in a button but I can't find any way
of doing it. If I open up the resource editor I get a properties window but
all the entries in the drop down list say 'Selected Object' and there is
nothing in the main window. I'm having to resort to editing the .rc file by
hand and it's a bit tedious.

So is this a bug or has MS removed the functionality?

Jay.

[Ted]

I had the exact same experience. You're never going to believe this. Click
on a button. Just start typing.

Ted.

"Jay" <ja*@aleka.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I'm a long time use of msvc (since v2.0) but the resource editor in version 7.0 has me stumped.

All I'm trying to do is edit the text in a button but I can't find any way
of doing it. If I open up the resource editor I get a properties window but all the entries in the drop down list say 'Selected Object' and there is
nothing in the main window. I'm having to resort to editing the .rc file by hand and it's a bit tedious.

So is this a bug or has MS removed the functionality?

Jay.

[Jay]

Wow! 14 minutes to get a response. Thanks!! Must be a record :-)

Anyway, certainly works ok but how do I change the rest of the properties?
Like ID, tab settings, visibility etc., numerical entry etc.? (Guess I
should have asked this before)

Cheers,

Jay.

"Ted" <Te*@t--x.org> wrote in message
news:ez******************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I had the exact same experience. You're never going to believe this. Click on a button. Just start typing.

Ted.

"Jay" <ja*@aleka.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I'm a long time use of msvc (since v2.0) but the resource editor in

version

7.0 has me stumped.

All I'm trying to do is edit the text in a button but I can't find any way of doing it. If I open up the resource editor I get a properties window

but

all the entries in the drop down list say 'Selected Object' and there is
nothing in the main window. I'm having to resort to editing the .rc file

by

hand and it's a bit tedious.

So is this a bug or has MS removed the functionality?

Jay.

[Ted]

Easy. There is a property sheet that is usually in the bottom right hand
corner. If you can't see it then, in the resource editor, click on a button
in your dialog, then hit the F4 key. It should appear. There's even a
place for Caption there (under the Appearance section of the Properties
window)

Ted.

"Jay" <ja*@aleka.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:u$**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Wow! 14 minutes to get a response. Thanks!! Must be a record :-)

Anyway, certainly works ok but how do I change the rest of the properties?
Like ID, tab settings, visibility etc., numerical entry etc.? (Guess I
should have asked this before)

Cheers,

Jay.

"Ted" <Te*@t--x.org> wrote in message
news:ez******************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I had the exact same experience. You're never going to believe this.

Click

on a button. Just start typing.

Ted.

"Jay" <ja*@aleka.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I'm a long time use of msvc (since v2.0) but the resource editor in

version

7.0 has me stumped.

All I'm trying to do is edit the text in a button but I can't find any way of doing it. If I open up the resource editor I get a properties window

but

all the entries in the drop down list say 'Selected Object' and there

is nothing in the main window. I'm having to resort to editing the .rc

file by

hand and it's a bit tedious.

So is this a bug or has MS removed the functionality?

Jay.

[Ted]

I should also mention that someone had the same problem as you with no
response:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...ftngp07&rnum=1

I don't know what would happen to get the editor in that state, but can you
try click on the button in the properties window to the left of the
lightning bolt?

Ted.

"Ted" <Te*@t--x.org> wrote in message
news:O$**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Easy. There is a property sheet that is usually in the bottom right hand
corner. If you can't see it then, in the resource editor, click on a button in your dialog, then hit the F4 key. It should appear. There's even a
place for Caption there (under the Appearance section of the Properties
window)

Ted.

"Jay" <ja*@aleka.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:u$**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Wow! 14 minutes to get a response. Thanks!! Must be a record :-)

Anyway, certainly works ok but how do I change the rest of the properties?

Like ID, tab settings, visibility etc., numerical entry etc.? (Guess I
should have asked this before)

Cheers,

Jay.

"Ted" <Te*@t--x.org> wrote in message
news:ez******************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I had the exact same experience. You're never going to believe this. Click

on a button. Just start typing.

Ted.

"Jay" <ja*@aleka.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I'm a long time use of msvc (since v2.0) but the resource editor in
version
> 7.0 has me stumped.
>
> All I'm trying to do is edit the text in a button but I can't find

any way

> of doing it. If I open up the resource editor I get a properties

window but
> all the entries in the drop down list say 'Selected Object' and

there is > nothing in the main window. I'm having to resort to editing the .rc file by
> hand and it's a bit tedious.
>
> So is this a bug or has MS removed the functionality?
>
> Jay.
>
>
>

[Jay]

Yes I have that but it's empty. The drop down menu is just full of 'Selected
Object' (about 20 of them) and there is absolutely nothing in the main
property window. There are several toolbar buttons (Categorised, Alphabetic,
Properties, Control Events, Property pages) but these don't do anything.

Jay.

"Ted" <Te*@t--x.org> wrote in message
news:O$**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Easy. There is a property sheet that is usually in the bottom right hand
corner. If you can't see it then, in the resource editor, click on a button in your dialog, then hit the F4 key. It should appear. There's even a
place for Caption there (under the Appearance section of the Properties
window)

Ted.

"Jay" <ja*@aleka.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:u$**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Wow! 14 minutes to get a response. Thanks!! Must be a record :-)

Anyway, certainly works ok but how do I change the rest of the properties?

Like ID, tab settings, visibility etc., numerical entry etc.? (Guess I
should have asked this before)

Cheers,

Jay.

"Ted" <Te*@t--x.org> wrote in message
news:ez******************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I had the exact same experience. You're never going to believe this. Click

on a button. Just start typing.

Ted.

"Jay" <ja*@aleka.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I'm a long time use of msvc (since v2.0) but the resource editor in
version
> 7.0 has me stumped.
>
> All I'm trying to do is edit the text in a button but I can't find

any way

> of doing it. If I open up the resource editor I get a properties

window but
> all the entries in the drop down list say 'Selected Object' and

there is > nothing in the main window. I'm having to resort to editing the .rc file by
> hand and it's a bit tedious.
>
> So is this a bug or has MS removed the functionality?
>
> Jay.
>
>
>

[Ted]

here's another report of this:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...280a%40phx.gbl

See if you can use the trick mentioned in that.

Here's another report as well:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...rcn.net&rnum=6

Ted.

"Jay" <ja*@aleka.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:Ob**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Yes I have that but it's empty. The drop down menu is just full of 'Selected Object' (about 20 of them) and there is absolutely nothing in the main
property window. There are several toolbar buttons (Categorised, Alphabetic, Properties, Control Events, Property pages) but these don't do anything.

Jay.

"Ted" <Te*@t--x.org> wrote in message
news:O$**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Easy. There is a property sheet that is usually in the bottom right hand

corner. If you can't see it then, in the resource editor, click on a

button

in your dialog, then hit the F4 key. It should appear. There's even a
place for Caption there (under the Appearance section of the Properties
window)

Ted.

"Jay" <ja*@aleka.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:u$**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Wow! 14 minutes to get a response. Thanks!! Must be a record :-)

Anyway, certainly works ok but how do I change the rest of the properties? Like ID, tab settings, visibility etc., numerical entry etc.? (Guess I
should have asked this before)

Cheers,

Jay.

"Ted" <Te*@t--x.org> wrote in message
news:ez******************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I had the exact same experience. You're never going to believe this. Click
> on a button. Just start typing.
>
> Ted.
>
> "Jay" <ja*@aleka.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > I'm a long time use of msvc (since v2.0) but the resource editor in > version
> > 7.0 has me stumped.
> >
> > All I'm trying to do is edit the text in a button but I can't find any way
> > of doing it. If I open up the resource editor I get a properties

window

> but
> > all the entries in the drop down list say 'Selected Object' and

there

is

> > nothing in the main window. I'm having to resort to editing the

..rc file

> by
> > hand and it's a bit tedious.
> >
> > So is this a bug or has MS removed the functionality?
> >
> > Jay.
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[Ted]

There seems to be a lot of dead ends about this "selected object" problem.
Here is another one.

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...ing.google.com

and another:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...40tkmsftngxa02

Ted.
"Ted" <Te*@t--x.org> wrote in message
news:OK**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

here's another report of this:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...280a%40phx.gbl
See if you can use the trick mentioned in that.

Here's another report as well:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...rcn.net&rnum=6
Ted.

"Jay" <ja*@aleka.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:Ob**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Yes I have that but it's empty. The drop down menu is just full of

'Selected

Object' (about 20 of them) and there is absolutely nothing in the main
property window. There are several toolbar buttons (Categorised,

Alphabetic,

Properties, Control Events, Property pages) but these don't do anything.

Jay.

"Ted" <Te*@t--x.org> wrote in message
news:O$**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Easy. There is a property sheet that is usually in the bottom right hand corner. If you can't see it then, in the resource editor, click on a

button

in your dialog, then hit the F4 key. It should appear. There's even a place for Caption there (under the Appearance section of the Properties window)

Ted.

"Jay" <ja*@aleka.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:u$**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Wow! 14 minutes to get a response. Thanks!! Must be a record :-)
>
> Anyway, certainly works ok but how do I change the rest of the

properties?

> Like ID, tab settings, visibility etc., numerical entry etc.? (Guess I > should have asked this before)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jay.
>
> "Ted" <Te*@t--x.org> wrote in message
> news:ez******************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > I had the exact same experience. You're never going to believe this. > Click
> > on a button. Just start typing.
> >
> > Ted.
> >
> > "Jay" <ja*@aleka.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > I'm a long time use of msvc (since v2.0) but the resource editor in > > version
> > > 7.0 has me stumped.
> > >
> > > All I'm trying to do is edit the text in a button but I can't find

any

> way
> > > of doing it. If I open up the resource editor I get a

properties window
> > but
> > > all the entries in the drop down list say 'Selected Object' and

there

is
> > > nothing in the main window. I'm having to resort to editing the

.rc file
> > by
> > > hand and it's a bit tedious.
> > >
> > > So is this a bug or has MS removed the functionality?
> > >
> > > Jay.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Jay]

Well thanks for the suggestion but it didn't make any difference. Guess I'll
just have to keep editing everything with the text editor.

Version 7.0 seems to have been one of those 'lemons'. I've had quite a few
issues with it Still can't get all the help files to install properly and
the workarounds for template problems in v6 are broken in v7 but they still
haven't put in templates properly. The rest of my group has mostly gone back
to v6 for similar reasons.

Jay.

"Ted" <Te*@t--x.org> wrote in message
news:OK**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

here's another report of this:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...280a%40phx.gbl
See if you can use the trick mentioned in that.

Here's another report as well:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...rcn.net&rnum=6
Ted.

"Jay" <ja*@aleka.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:Ob**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Yes I have that but it's empty. The drop down menu is just full of

'Selected

Object' (about 20 of them) and there is absolutely nothing in the main
property window. There are several toolbar buttons (Categorised,

Alphabetic,

Properties, Control Events, Property pages) but these don't do anything.

Jay.

[Ted]

Have you tried 7.1 (VC.NET 2003) it's much more stable. Maybe even fixes
your problem. It's a nearly free upgrade too (act before Sept 30th, 2003)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/ho...3/default.aspx

Ted.

"Jay" <ja*@aleka.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:ur**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

Well thanks for the suggestion but it didn't make any difference. Guess I'll just have to keep editing everything with the text editor.

Version 7.0 seems to have been one of those 'lemons'. I've had quite a few
issues with it Still can't get all the help files to install properly and
the workarounds for template problems in v6 are broken in v7 but they still haven't put in templates properly. The rest of my group has mostly gone back to v6 for similar reasons.

Jay.

"Ted" <Te*@t--x.org> wrote in message
news:OK**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

here's another report of this:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...280a%40phx.gbl

See if you can use the trick mentioned in that.

Here's another report as well:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...rcn.net&rnum=6

Ted.

"Jay" <ja*@aleka.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:Ob**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Yes I have that but it's empty. The drop down menu is just full of

'Selected

Object' (about 20 of them) and there is absolutely nothing in the main
property window. There are several toolbar buttons (Categorised,

Alphabetic,

Properties, Control Events, Property pages) but these don't do anything.
Jay.