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Joseph M. Newcomer wrote:
YES!!!!!

Like Tom, I've taken to adding variables by directly writing DDX_Control calls, because I
don't have the patience to wait for the IDE to do it.

Also, adding event handlers without having it put us into the editor! I see no sane
reason I would want to start typing code until I've added all the event handlers!

Joe:

IMHO, the Add (control-related) Variable screen is the single worst feature of the "new" IDE, and always dropping you into the code window after each addition is the worst of the worst.

A modal dialog should exit back to where you came from, which in this context is usually the resource editor. Getting rid of this one feature (surely a trivial task) would in itself be a huge improvement.

But really the whole screen needs to be junked, and replaced by something resembling the Member variable tab of the VC6 ClassWizard.

--
David Wilkinson
Visual C++ MVP
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