Dialog Editor - Where is it?

[sjsmatrix]

Hello,

Please forgive me if this is a dumb question but I cannot figure out how to get the Dialog Editor to come up.  I can't find it anywhere.  I'm running version 8.  I've poked through every menu option and I just can't find it.  I've done Google searches for Pelles C Dialog Editor and I'm not coming up with anything.

I just installed this today so I am very new to Pelles C.  I am also experienced only in VB and not C.  So I'm thinking like a VB guy.  Is there some other thing I have to install in order to get the Dialog Editor to show up?  Or does it show up for only specific types of projects?  I used the Win32 Application Wizard to create a project.  It created a simple form in code but there seems to be no way to visually edit that form.

I found this compiler very attractive because of the screen shots I saw of the Dialog Editor.  I'd really like to play with it and learn what I can do with it.  What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance,
Scott

[TimoVJL]

From menu:
File -> New -> Resources

[x79]

If you want to edit an existing dialog: in the right treeview, under Resource Files, double click a resource file -> expand Dialog folder -> double click a dialog

[sjsmatrix]

Thanks for the replies.  I'm so new at this that I'm not sure I'm even asking the right question in the right way.  I tried "File -> New -> Resources" and I didn't get anywhere with that.  Makes me wonder if I'm going about this all wrong and therefore, I'm not seeing what I expect.

What I really want to do is start a new project, bring up an IDE that will allow me to visually create a form with a couple of buttons and a few text boxes on it and then attach a little bit of code so that when I click one of the buttons, it writes something in the text box on the form.

Can I do this using the Pelles C IDE?  And if I can, how do I go about it?  What kind of project should I create?  How do I go about creating the files that I'll need in order to make this happen.

I've searched all over the Internet and I can't find a tutorial that would walk me through this or even get me started.  Again, I'm a VB guy so I'm used to being able to visually create forms, click and drag to create buttons and other controls on my form, click the control and assign properties, double click the control and write code so that the control does something when it is clicked at run time.

Thanks for your suggestions TimoVJL and x79 but I think I'm missing some basic prerequisites to make use of your suggestions.

Thanks,
Scott

[TimoVJL]

Try wizard
File -> New -> Project...
Select Win32 application wizard
Select A dialog based program

look at example