Can I create window form/panel and components without using GUI in the first place?

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I have a request that creates a window form in run-time, then create button, textbox, label ... on it, even waiting for a key trigger ... then close it afterward.

I know that I can create a panel then load/activate it in run-time, I also can hide components in the first palce then enable them when they are needed! I also know that I can popup a Message Dialog, a list panel and a Graphic panel (they are not complete as requested)!

However, can we avoid to create a panel and components in-advance (create them only when request)?

Thanks to any help

[RobertoBozzolo]

Sure! NewPanel, SetPanelAttribute, NewCtrl, SetCtrlAttribute and InstallCtrlCallback are what you need do perform this task. It's not a complicated task, but it's long and may be boring: all actions you perform in the UIR editor need to be substituted by several SetXxxAttribute, which can be not so easy to determine.

There used to be a little option in the UIR editor, however, to transform a panel in the source code needed to create it: I cannot remember how to do it now, but in a few hours I'll be back in the office and I will point you in the right direction. With this option you can create the desired panel in the UIR editor and next create the code to generate it at run time: this code can be integrated in your application and used when needed.

[RobertoBozzolo]

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@Roberto Bozzolo wrote:

There used to be a little option in the UIR editor...

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It's the Ui to code converter located in Tools menu.

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Many thanks for this help