Dear Phil,
> First there is the unit that will not die - start brand new project but
the moment you
> do a build with something from RX lib (which has unit called STRUTILS), it
> suddenly creates strutils.dcu in a subdir where there used to have a unit
with the
> same name and then it get confused. Solution. Explicitly add RX strutils
to the
> project. The RX lib Strutils.pas is the only strutils around on the drives
accessible
> to the machine now.
I will not say this is a bug of Delphi, RX lib should not use STRUTILS, by
rule should prefix with Rx, so the unit name
became RxSTRUTILS.
Duplicate name only be allowed if you have to patch a file, and you can not
get *.dpk, so you let Delphi see your patch first.
Best Regards
Leigh Wanstead
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Scadden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Multiple recipients of list DELphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 08:45
Subject: [DUG]: D5 being problematic - anyone got ideas.
> We I have told everyone about Delphi in the organisation, and one of my
collegues
> made jump to Delphi from Fortran at last. Unfortunately, he got D5 and
between
> us we have struggled somewhat. In frustration, got the patch loaded but no
> appreciable difference...
>
> First there is the unit that will not die - start brand new project but
the moment you
> do a build with something from RX lib (which has unit called STRUTILS), it
> suddenly creates strutils.dcu in a subdir where there used to have a unit
with the
> same name and then it get confused. Solution. Explicitly add RX strutils
to the
> project. The RX lib Strutils.pas is the only strutils around on the drives
accessible
> to the machine now.
>
> Then there is the IDE playing up. When its bad we get the following
problems.
>
> 1/ Where you d/click in the error window, it doesnt jump to window/line
with the error
> 2/ It doesnt recognise unit has been edited unless you do explicit save on
the unit.
> 3/ When debugging, the step function doesnt navigate a cursor through the
source
> after the first unit. (but the correct unit is displayed).
>
> As suddenly as problems arise, they disappear. I think when you get a
clean compile
> and run of the code, the IDE suddenly comes right - till next time.
>
> Any ideas at all? Anyone else seen similar? The machine with the problem
is runnning
> NT 4 SP4.
>
> All I can say, is thank goodness I stuck with D3.
>
>
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> PO Box 30368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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