VC6 Dialog Editor annoyance

[Arnab Bose]

When editing dialogs, I found the only way of precisely positioning/sizing
the controls is to watch the status bar where it shows the sizes and placements.
Needless to say, this often turns out to be frustating.
Is there any better way to size the controls precisely? Like we do in VB
or Delphi, etc. by entering the Height and Width in the property box?

Regards,
Arnab.

[NRM]

"Arnab Bose" <hirak_99@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>When editing dialogs, I found the only way of precisely positioning/sizing
>the controls is to watch the status bar where it shows the sizes and placements.
>Needless to say, this often turns out to be frustating.
>Is there any better way to size the controls precisely? Like we do in VB
>or Delphi, etc. by entering the Height and Width in the property box?
>
>Regards,
>Arnab.
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Check out the Layout menu for easier ways to align, space, and change tab
ordering of controls in your dialog. Also, if you want to size a control,
try using SHIFT+UP|DOWN to adjust height or SHIFT+LEFT|RIGHT for width. It's
not as easy and centralized as in VB's control properties dialog, but you
should be able to do what you want to do in VC's resource editor. Good luck!