--- Dennis Chuah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Only if you have changed the interface section of any of the units.
That wasn't my impression. In my experience it was just a bloody great
pain in the butt.
I wonder if adding or altering private variables is included in the
definition of "changing the interface section".
I haven't gone looking for the cause of the problem exhaustively.
People should just be aware that it isn't all roses.
> > Just be warned that when you change a packages, you really need to
> > recompile both the package *and* the application that uses
> > the package.
> >
> > This may, or may not, become a pain in the butt for you.
> >
> > Kerry S
> >
> > --- Myles Penlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Is this one? of the reasons Borland invented the DPL/BPL
> libraries
> > > which is
> > > a superset of the DLL for Delphi use??
> > > And perhaps we should be using the DPL/BPL instead (and hence get
> > > around
> > > these kind of problems)?
> > > Myles.
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Carl Reynolds [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 1:30 PM
> > > > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> > > > Subject: RE: [DUG]: Forms from DLLs
> > > >
> > > > Yeah, if I remove ShareMem from my uses clauses, funnily enough
> my
> > > test
> > > > program doesn't work anymore either - with the same problem as
> > > first
> > > > mentioned! Rohit, I'm presuming you don't need a copy of it
> > > anymore.
> > > >
> > > > My guess is if there are any TStringFields, which use
> > long strings,
> > > in
> > > > your table data, that alone would be sufficient to
> > require ShareMem
> > > in the
> > > > program.
> > > >
> > > > I ran into a curious problem while I was mucking around anyway.
> I
> > > have no
> > > > problem creating an instance of the DLL form, displaying it,
> and
> > > joining
> > > > it to the dataset on the calling program's main form. But when
> I
> > > try to
> > > > set the parent property of the DLL form to a tabsheet of a page
> > > control,
> > > > the DLL form just disappears (doesn't appear on the
> > tabsheet) and I
> > > get an
> > > > exception when the program finishes. The same code works when
> I
> > > choose
> > > > any other form to place on the tabsheet except the one from the
> > > DLL. Do
> > > > you have to do something special to get that to work?
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Carl Reynolds Ph: +64-9-4154790
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> > > >
> >
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