DFM files are not standard text files.
In your BIN folder you will find a program CONVERT.EXE.
To be able to read the DFM file as a standard text file you need to first run
CONVERT.EXE passing it the DFM filename as the first parameter in the command line and
the name of the output TXT file you require as the second parameter.
You can then work on the file as a standard text file and make whatever changes you
require, when you want to change back to a DFM file you again run CONVERT.EXE this
time with the TXT as the first parameter and DFM as the second parameter.
Before any changes will be reflected in your application you will need to recompile
your application.
It is possible to automate the entire process in code, even to the extent of
recompiling if you wish, I have code in a D1 application which does exactly this,
contact me privately if you require details.
Regards
Steve Galyer
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From: Steven Wild[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, 30 April 1999 12:18
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
Subject: [DUG]: Reading dfm files
I have a need to be able to read in a dfm, alter it, and write
it back to the dfm file from within another Delphi app.
Does anyone have some code that will read a dfm into ledgeable
form... into a TstringList would be very helpful ... and then
write the altered one back out to file.
Why??? Well I want to be able to test and set a value on about 1000
instances of a small group of components where they are used. Rather
than open all forms in the project and manually look for each
possible instance of the components, I want to just be able
to automate the process. I just thought that automating processes is
what we are all about so why not do it to dfms as well!
Steven Wild
Wild Software Ltd
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