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You can choose to create a single-page dialog box or a tabbed (multipage) dialog box. The
icon on the left side of the dialog box shows you what the dialog box will look like at each
step. If you choose to create a single-page dialog box, when you click the Next button you
will see the next page of the Dialog Wizard (see Figure 9.6).
Figure 9.6.
The second page of the
Dialog Wizard.
Figure 9.7.
The Dialog Wizard
creating a tabbed
dialog box.
NOTE
This page allows you to choose whether you want buttons on the dialog box and, if so,
whether you want them on the right side or the bottom of the dialog box. As you can see from
Figure 9.6 (see the Finish button?), this is the last page of the Dialog Wizard when you’re
creating a single-page dialog box. After choosing the button layout you want, click the Finish
button to have C++Builder create the dialog box for you.
The new dialog box is displayed on the Form Designer, complete with the features you chose
through the wizard. It also has its BorderStyle property set to bsDialog, which is customary
for forms used as dialog boxes. Once the Dialog Wizard has created the basic dialog box, you
can go to work with the Form Designer to add functionality to the dialog box.
If you choose to create a tabbed dialog box, the second page of the dialog box looks like the
one in Figure 9.7.
This page has a multiline edit control where you can enter the names of the individual tabs
you want to see on the dialog box. Enter the text for each tab on a separate line, as illustrated
in Figure 9.7. When you click the Next button, you will see the last page of the Dialog Wizard
as you saw in Figure 9.6. Choose the location of the buttons, if any, and click the Finish
button to have C++Builder create the tabbed dialog box.
The Dialog Wizard is most useful when you’re creating tabbed dialog
boxes. When you’re creating single-page dialog boxes, it is easier to