> It's the main form class. For functional classes, I always try > to keep them small and manageable. However, in the form class, > the GUI control declaration, event and message handlers, and GUI > related code will make the class large already.
I had understood that. Nevertheless, what I was trying to say apply. You can delegate part of the code to other classes or components. Contribute to the SSL Effort. Visit http://www.overbyte.be/eng/ssl.html -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Author of ICS (Internet Component Suite, freeware) Author of MidWare (Multi-tier framework, freeware) http://www.overbyte.be ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Borland's Delphi Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 12:36 PM Subject: Re[2]: Can a class be split into two files? > Hello Francois, > > It's the main form class. For functional classes, I always try > to keep them small and manageable. However, in the form class, > the GUI control declaration, event and message handlers, and GUI > related code will make the class large already. Maybe everyone > has his/her own standard of large. To me, if I need to scroll > up and down a dozen pages to find a function, it's too large already. > > -- > Best regards, > Jack > > > Currently a class has to be in a single file, at least from the compiler > > view. There are tricks: you can use include file, class helpers or simple > > class inheritance. > > > But I think the right solution for your too large class is simple: you > > should break it down to a number of smaller classes specialized to handle > > part of the problem you have. In other words, you should delegate part of > > the work to be done to other classes, each one being in his own file. The > > best way to do that is to create components. Either visial components or > > non-visual component. > > > Not knowing why your class is so huge make difficult to give detailed > > advice. > > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
