On Do, 2015-08-13 at 01:06 +0200, Mattias Gaertner wrote: > On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 00:06:34 +0200 > Marc Santhoff <[email protected]> wrote: > > >[...] > > Good example. > > > > I do not fully understand the creation mechanism. I see an extra > > register procedure in "frmexploremenu.pas" that actually sets the menu > > entry. I thought a constructor of the extension class would be called. > > But since it is a modal form that is done by execution of the menu code. > > > > Instead there is a notify event "FormCreate()", where is that one > > called? Is it done that way by convention? Did I miss some piece of > > documentation? > > It is set by the lfm, which is parsed in the forms constructor.
I see, time to activate some code in the IDE instead of only reading it. > >[...] > > > It opens all forms of the project. > > > > OK, not what I want. What strategy can be used to get a list of forms in > > the users project without having to open them all? > > If you need the list of all units with designer, you can simply search > for lfm files. > If you want only specific classes, you have to check each lfm. Simple and effective. Beautiful. > >[...] > > > > Afterwards, will the new component created and have owner, parent and > > > > essential properties set and then added, like I would do in any other > > > > program creating components in code at runtime or is there another way > > > > (sth. like "IDEDoCreateComponetntAndAdd(newcomponent.class)")? > > > > > > Maybe such a function can be added to the IDEIntf. > > > > In principle making something like "designer/designer.pp > > TDesigner.MouseUpOnControl AddComponent" publicly available would > > suffice. > > It needs various parameters: > ComponentClass > ParentComponent > Left,Top, > Optional: Width,Height > Optional: Name > > Would that suffice? >From my POV it would, although I'm not the most experienced extension developer. ;) > > > Can you give some more details what you are trying to achieve? > > > > I'm only learning how to do basic actions. Playing around, that is. > > > > Currently it is planned to show a list of available forms and let the > > user select one. Then he would select the parent component for one or > > more new components to insert. > > Just an idea: Why not select the form and parent component, by right > clicking on the parent component and start the wizard via a menu item > in the popup menu? Neat, would save some dialog space and maybe one step. For usability there should be a menu item at the standard location, but that's another question. Thanks again, Marc -- Marc Santhoff <[email protected]> -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
