Interesting solution - I'll have a look, but I'm a bit worried that a lot of our base code hooks into the application variable and responds to different things. I'll give it a go though!
Cheers, Phil. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Corey Murtagh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [DUG]: ImageList images > Phil Middlemiss wrote: > > > I have a form in a DLL that has an action list and an associated image > > list. When I use the actions on toolbar buttons (or anything else, I > > think) - the images don't appear. The DLL form has it's own TApplication > > even though it's loaded into the same memory space as the main app and I > > hade to take that into account to pass on the On Idle event to the DLL > > so that actions could update their status. But I can't seem to get the > > image list to show. Any ideas? > > The solution that worked for MDI forms in a DLL might work for you, if > you're runtime-linking to the DLL. When you load the DLL, initialize by > replacing the Application and Screen variables with the ones from the > host application (sent as params to the init procedure). Save the old > values and restore them before the DLL is unloaded. > > This lets MDI forms work from DLLs, and might solve the problem you're > having. > > -- > Corey Murtagh > The Electric Monk > "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur!" > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > 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/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
