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Creating Applications in C++Builder
5. Where do you place the function definition (the function itself ) when you add
your own functions to C++Builder code?
6. How can you determine who wrote a particular object in the Object Repository?
7. Where do you add and delete pages in the Object Repository?
8. Is it easier to create a basic application from scratch or by using the Application
Wizard?
9. What are the two ways you can add a resource file to your project?
10. Can you create a resource script file containing a string table with a text editor?
Exercises
1. Create a new form. Add several components of your choosing to the form. Save the
form to the Forms page of the Object Repository with the name BaseForm.
2. Start a new application. Choose File | New to view the Object Repository. Switch
to the Forms page. Click the Inherit radio button. Choose the BaseForm object you
created in exercise 1 and add it to the application. (Be sure you used the Inherit
option.) Save the project and close it.
3. Open the BaseForm object you created in exercise 1. Delete all components on the
form and save the form.
4. Reopen the project you created in exercise 2. Display the new form you created in
that exercise. Note that the components are all gone. (Remember, you inherited
this object, so all changes made to the base form were also made to the inherited
form.)
5. Choose Options | Repository from the main menu. Delete the BaseForm created
earlier.
6. Create a project using the Application Wizard. Use all menu options and make the
application an MDI application. Create a speedbar for the application.
7. Add a multipage dialog box to the application you created in exercise 6. Use the
Dialog Wizard.
8. Use the Object Repository to add an About box to the program you created in
exercise 6.
9. Create a string table resource with a text editor and compile it with the resource
compiler (BRCC32.EXE). Extra Credit: Write a program to load the strings and
display them on a form.
10. Using a text editor, open the JJRes.rc file from http://www.mcp.com/sams/
codecenter.html and examine its contents.
11. Write “I will not borrow bitmaps from other programs.” 100 times on the blackboard.
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