Adding New Dialogs

Question

I am trying to figure out how to display a second dialog after a button click in my main dialog. I have done the following to add a new dialog, but when I click my main button, nothing happens and InDesign crashes. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong. Is there a good description or code snippet that shows how to implement multiple dialog boxes?
..in the __ID.h file, I add a new dialog boss class, new controller and observer Impl, new dialog widget ID, and define a new rsrc id for the second dialog.
.. I create the new observer and controller files and add them to the project creating a new interface using the new Impl's.
..in the __.fr file, In the class description table I add a new class for the second dialog based on kDialogBoss and implementing the new controller and observer Impl. Create a new resource type based on Dialog using the new dialog boss. Then create a new resource of the new type with the new widget Id.
..In the observer code of the main dialog, I use CreateNewDialog based on a rsrcSpec using the resource id of the new dialog.
(Could this be any more complicated?)

Answer 1

Hi Liz,
The steps you have used for creating New dialog are correct.
Try adding following code in your __.fr file where kSecondDialogResourceID is the resource id of the new dialog.
resource LocaleIndex (kSecondDialogResourceID)
kViewRsrcType,
kWildFS,k_Wild, kSecondDialogResourceID + index_enUS
You also make the dialog Type as Modeless in CreateNewDialog()
IDialog* dialog = dialogMgr->CreateNewDialog(dialogSpec,
IDialog::kModeless);
Pls reply if your problem is solved.