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Hi

I have created a dialog box to display info. How do I reference the resource from
my code?

I have modified the Win32 skeleton program, and am tailoring it as a learning excersise to perform simple tasks.

My objective is to open a .txt file(a csv file of my bank statement), read and parse the file and display the sorted contents of the file into a dialog box.
The dialog box has a single exit button.

I am looking for the syntax to reference the dlgbox.
Contents of my .rc file....
define IDD_DLG1001 1001
#define IDC_BTNEXIT 1002

IDD_DLG1001 DIALOGEX 0,0,221,131
CAPTION "Account Details"
FONT 8,"MS Sans Serif"
STYLE 0x10cc0000
EXSTYLE 0x00000000
BEGIN
CONTROL "Exit","IDC_BUTTON1002","Button",0x50010000,96,96,81,21,0x00000000
END
....


Regards
Gavin (newbie)

there are two ways to reference: by string name and by integer ID.

calls are similar: the system distinguish ID from string by high word of dword - if it is zero - then it is ID, if not - then string (windows addressing lets usage of such recognizing)

#define IDC_BTNEXIT 1002
- means symbolic constant IDC_BTNEXIT (clear to us as "ID for Button <Exit>") has 1002 value

CONTROL "Exit",IDC_BTNEXIT,"Button",0x50010000,96,96,81,21,0x0000000
- means "control of <button> class with <Exit> caption has ID IDC_BTNEXIT (=1002) - note: IDC_BTNEXIT has no quotes here, if yes - it will be interpreted as string

now you can reference to the button "Exit" from you code as:
A. cmp ax,IDC_BTNEXIT
or
B. cmp ax,1002

note: to be able to use the first variant you must export all "#define ..." into "... equ ..." and include it into the assembly source. (assembler do not understand "#define" statement)

usage of string names has sense if you are writing, say, a dll with dialogs or controls, so, it is better to use string identificators instead numeric to use in documentation etc.