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The new About dialog

MMC 3.0 has a horrid About box mechanism. You have to put the information in an external dll. This dll needs to be a regular C++ dll, that only contains the resources. This about box looks pretty horrible even after jumping through all these hoops. The information in the dialog is hard coded. Here's what it looks like:

Native MMC 3.0 About Box

I thought this was a big no-no, so I decided to add my own about box. This will let me communicate more information to the customers, without all the hassle. Here's what the custom about box looks like:

Home made About dialog

I'm quite happy with the results. Kudos to anybody who understands that last phrase in the license key text. HINT: It's not Spanish.

posted @ Friday, August 22, 2008 12:00 AM by Hector Sosa, Jr

Posted in: PainlessSVN

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