DialogDesigner2 — a tool to compose XML dialogs

[Blue]

Thank you Lunasole for keeping your project alive and evolving.
I still haven’t figured out how to use it intelligently, but it’ll come to me... eventually.

[Lunasole]

Thank you Lunasole for keeping your project alive and evolving.
I still haven’t figured out how to use it intelligently, but it’ll come to me... eventually.

Well I'm using it for myself so it anyway will be alive while I'm doing something in PB
Should be still fine to create some small&simple UIs quickly.

[linkerstorm]

Hello.

Can't download last version on geocities.

Any clues ?

Thanks.

[jacky]

Are such (xml) dialog windows dpi aware by default or is there anything else necessary so
that they always scale their content correctly (even on Windows 8.1+ with multiple monitors with different scaling factors)?

[Lunasole]

Hello.

Can't download last version on geocities.

Any clues ?

Thanks.

Sorry for my dissapearing, I was not coding in PB for a long time^^
It should download OK. But well, that geocities is outdated a lot and still uses http-only, maybe your browser makes problem of this.
I'm planning to change hosting, not sure when.

Are such (xml) dialog windows dpi aware by default or is there anything else necessary so
that they always scale their content correctly (even on Windows 8.1+ with multiple monitors with different scaling factors)?

They are not. Extra things are required for that to do, DD2 includes such an option when generates code (and anyway it requires additional exe manifest, or call to DPI-aware APIs)

[Lunasole]

Remembered of this old stuff and at least updated a link in 1st post
I would post the sources also, but don't thing it's much interesting for someone except me.

[Lunasole]

I would post the sources also, but don't thing it's much interesting for someone except me.

Oh yes, yet another my return to this forum with similar post
Though this time I updated to a newer version a bit:

1.0.1.6
- Output: new mode of callbacks generation (generated code)
- Output: custom callbacks may be defined; same callback can bind to several controls if set (generated code)
- Output: now sorting items within InitDialogs() (generated code)
- Options: removed "add <this> variable to callback"
- Same timestamp naming (like with XML export) added to code export
- Yet another small change related to last.dir

1.0.1.5
- Fixed IMA caused sometimes by tree drag&drop
- Added hyperlink leftclick event
- A bit changed exported code
- Now saving XML files uses unique names (timestamp)
- Saving code doesn't store path in config
- Minor UI&design changes
- Going "proprietary" again

And while sitting at night and thinking all the things also decided to post here (as I'm eventually updating some my topics here, as well as cleaning up from previous "inadequate" I was producing in past conditions sometime).

Still don't know what to do with it further, may be release sources finally as though before, also there was idea to integrate it to PB IDE (but that's even more time takes and currently I'm unable with all my chaos, so just bringing sources might be better. Will see later anyway^^).
// that all jokes about "proprietary", "genuine" of my english.

[jacdelad]

As a fan of XML dialogues I need to give it a try.
Unfortunately I'm running into limitations from time to time and enhancing the integrated seems not be a sidejob...

[Lunasole]

Finally posted sources (the link is at the same page where downloads).
But they are without other files, no project file also, and so on (and additionally passed through my newly created tool to "cleanup" code before such releases^^).

Anyway at least something.
There is also still a switch remaining which locked the full version previously, so need do define "#IS_FULL = 1" at compiler constants.

Not much nice, but let it be for now.

[Lunasole]

There also enough of old code which I was too lazy to improve, etc.
Anyway the file posted can be built and works, so if someone wishes to try, ask for details.

// the idea to place THIS directly to PB IDE code probably is really too much, better leave as a separated tool

[Lunasole]

del

[Lunasole]

One more update.

1.0.1.7
- Fixed XML error when reading broken config file (config routine is outdated anyway)
- Added "margin" param for windows
- Changed icons theme
- Some code review (oh yes that old code really was and still remains far too messy, as it always was just a quick tool, but sometimes I'm changing something^^)

[tj1010]

Windows 11, 3840x2160

Anything over 200% scale program has scaling issues. Windows recommends 300% at 4k and defaults to that

[jacdelad]

300%? Must be a tiny monitor. My Windows 11 defaults 150% for 28".

[tj1010]

300%? Must be a tiny monitor. My Windows 11 defaults 150% for 28".

65" 4K TV I run it at 250% but 300% default/recommended
My 16" laptop is 150% default/recommended at 2560x1600
My 15" work laptop is 1920x1080 at 125% default

Edit: Was going to fix this but git is incomplete. It looks like it's defaults used around scale macros but I couldn't test. The non-descript way macros are almost looks like some type of JIT language obfuscator lol