yac
March 20th, 2003, 05:21 AM
Hello everybody,
I have just started to learn the differences between old VC++6.0 and new VC++ .NET, and have found 2 problems inside. Can you please answer for my questions?
1. What I have already read is, that there is no Form Designer inside the new VC++ .NET! I wonder why programmers of MS didn't do it? But anyway, my question is: are there any 3rd-part tools, which do this job? Any external programs which let user to draw Windows Forms and then to create the c++ source code from these 'pictures' automatic?
2. In my opinion, the work with resources in new VC++ .NET is too complicated. There is again no real resource manager in IDE (only XML editor), and the author of the book I have read, suggested to use the additional tool supplied by MS and called reseditor.exe (Resource Editor). The funny thing is, that there are only C# sources for it, and I have bought only the C++ part of VStudio .NET, so I don't have the C# compiler. IMHO I think it's a little bit unfair to include only a source code for a tool which could be very useful. Not everybody have to buy the full Visual Studio NET at once.
My question is: is there somewhere a compiled version of this Resource Editor or are there any 3rd part programs which manage the resources for VC .NET?
Generally, I think the programmers of MS didn't finish their job yet with MS VC++ .NET. The lack of so important things like Windows Forms Editor and Resource Editor is strong defect of this IDE. Of course, this is opinion of a person which learns this new version of language only for several days ;)
TIA and best regards,
Yac
I have just started to learn the differences between old VC++6.0 and new VC++ .NET, and have found 2 problems inside. Can you please answer for my questions?
1. What I have already read is, that there is no Form Designer inside the new VC++ .NET! I wonder why programmers of MS didn't do it? But anyway, my question is: are there any 3rd-part tools, which do this job? Any external programs which let user to draw Windows Forms and then to create the c++ source code from these 'pictures' automatic?
2. In my opinion, the work with resources in new VC++ .NET is too complicated. There is again no real resource manager in IDE (only XML editor), and the author of the book I have read, suggested to use the additional tool supplied by MS and called reseditor.exe (Resource Editor). The funny thing is, that there are only C# sources for it, and I have bought only the C++ part of VStudio .NET, so I don't have the C# compiler. IMHO I think it's a little bit unfair to include only a source code for a tool which could be very useful. Not everybody have to buy the full Visual Studio NET at once.
My question is: is there somewhere a compiled version of this Resource Editor or are there any 3rd part programs which manage the resources for VC .NET?
Generally, I think the programmers of MS didn't finish their job yet with MS VC++ .NET. The lack of so important things like Windows Forms Editor and Resource Editor is strong defect of this IDE. Of course, this is opinion of a person which learns this new version of language only for several days ;)
TIA and best regards,
Yac