I am currently working on a game but since i am fairly new to C++ (done a fair bit of programming in VB before tho) I''ve decided that it would be best if i program the editing suite first so i am more familiar with C++ when i get around to programming the game. Unfortuanatally the object oriented programming in MSVC++ is no where near as simple as in VB so i''ve got a few probs that i need help with. 1. I want to create the following design for the dialog scripter:

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|[]Title Bar                                              | 
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|File  Help  Etc.                                         | 
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|[toolbar] [] [] [] [] [] [] []                           | 
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|Tree View       |Text document                           | 
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|Status Bar                                      |CAPS OVR| 
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but when i hit maximise the controls stay the same size so i would like to know how to change the size/position of them(particularly the status bar(it activeX control, microsoft status bar (SP4))) i know where to put the code just not what it is. 1.1 also i tried doing this design using MDI childs (or whatever it is that enables multiple document windows within a parent window) but couldn''t get a tree view on the side, is it possible? and how? 2. Reading and writing to files, whats the best/fastest way read/write an ini file? 3. I have tried to use scrollbars in the random map plotting util i''ve made but can''t get them to work. it wont scroll for some reason, i can change it with code but i can''t get it scroll with the mouse. is there anything special i have to do to get them to work? 4. Are there any tutorials for people like me changing from VB to C++? coz my programming knowledge is useless if i cant figure out what the equivelant functions/methods are, it took me a bloody week to find out that the equivelant of select case was switch (at the time i wasn''t using forums just the msdn help files) BTW if u know of a tutorial or something that covers what i wnat to know please post a link to it -Skiller

bugger , but at least it''ll take less time to make in VB. pitty C++ isn''t as easy as VB but if it were it would probably have the same limitations. o well, thanks any how

-Skiller