It is probably because they are trying to keep the design time and run time stuff separate. There is probably a design time unit around that does the register and property editor thing. It just isn't being loaded by default. I'd do a repetetive grep to look for all mentions of TSocketserver and then grep the output for register.
On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi again, > This one is more of a slow-brain issue, I think. > > I have an app which uses a TClientSocket descendant. > The relevant DPK > is registered, and the form loads ok. *Another* form > uses a > TServerSocket (not a descendant, the real thing). But > when I load the > form, Delphi 7 complains that it cannot find > TServerSocket. > > BOTH TClientSocket and TServerSocket are defined in > Delphi's > Scktcomp.pas, and *neither* show up when I > View|Components with all > packages loaded, even though that unit is part of RTL. > Yet my > descendant does show up, even though it is descended > from > TClientSocket. Questions which arise: > > * How can that be? Is it legit for a descendant > component to be > defined/loaded when its parent apparently is not? Or, > more's to the > point, with RTL loaded, why AREN'T those two showing up? > > * What do I do to fix it? I can't add Scktcomp to my > own DPK, because > of course it complains (correctly), that they are > *already* in RTL. > But just not in the sense they can be actually/directly > used, sigh. > This didn't happen in D6, or D5, or..., mutter. > > cheers, > peter > > =========================================== > Peter Hyde, SPIS Ltd, Christchurch, New Zealand > * TCompress/TCompLHA component sets for Delphi/Kylix/C++ > * TurboNote+: <a href="http://mail.instantobjects.com/jump/http://TurboPress.com/tbnote.htm";>http://TurboPress.com/tbnote.htm</a> > -- top-rated onscreen sticky notes > * Web automation for online periodicals: > <a href="http://mail.instantobjects.com/jump/http://TurboPress.com";>http://TurboPress.com</a> > Find all the above and MORE at <a href="http://mail.instantobjects.com/jump/http://spis.co.nz";>http://spis.co.nz</a> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: <a href="http://mail.instantobjects.com/jump/http://www.delphi.org.nz";>http://www.delphi.org.nz</a> > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > Web Archive at: > <a href="http://mail.instantobjects.com/jump/http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz";>http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz</a>/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/
