Using the Resource Editor
If you know how to drag&drop and copy&paste you are ready to use Interface Elements.
Creating a New Resource File
Select "New Resource" from the menu.
Opening a Resource File
- Select "Open Resource" from the menu.
- Drop a file to the Interface Elements application icon.
- Drop a resource file to any of the open resource windows.
Adding a Resource
- Drop a data type from the Object Editors window to the resource window.
- Drag an icon or mini icon to the resource window to create a new 'ICON' or 'MICN' resource. The icon bitmap will be copied in the resource.
- Drag a file (not resource file) to the resource window to create a new 'DATA' resource. The file's content will be copied in the resource.
- Drag some text (e.g. from an editor) to the resource window to create a new 'TEXT' resource. The text will be copied in the resource.
- Drag a resource from another resource window to the resource window. The other resource will be copied in the resource.
- Paste an icon/text/resource in the resource window.
Editing a Resource
- Doubleclick on the resource. If no suitable editor found, the Data Editor will be open.
- Drop a resource to a data type in the the Object Editors window whichever you want to edit your resource with.
- Select some resources and choose "Open" or "Open as Raw Data" from the "Edit" menu.
- You can edit a resource as hex or text in the Data Editor. Just press "Edit as Hex" or "Edit as Text".
Saving a Resource as File
- Drop a resource to a Tracker window.
- Drop the resource data in the Data Editor to a Tracker window.
Saving a Resource as C Source
In the Data Editor when you hold down any modifier keys (e.g. the Shift key) and start dragging the resource data,
the data will be written as C source when you drop it to a Tracker window.
Concatenating Data
In the Data Editor when you drop anything to the already existing data, you will be asked if you want to replace or append the dropped data. Select 'Append'.
Generating C++ files
Select 'Generate Source' from the menu. But first save the resource file because source files will be put in the
same directory where the resorce file resides.
Saving Your Work
Select "Save" or "Save As" from the "File" menu.