On Mon, 23 Jul 2007, Al Boldi wrote:
> Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> > On Mon, 23 Jul 2007, Al Boldi wrote:
> > > This really has nothing to do with resources. Resources should still be
> > > saved in its own .res file.
> >
> > Forms are stored in resources. A dfm is changed to resource and then
> > compiled in the binary ?
>
> The .dfm is being used for two things:
>
> 1. create resource
> 2. create code init
>
> It's the code init that's objectionable, because it removes code control.
Agreed, but I think this is a minor problem, as the code is not useful
or interesting anyway. Just creating components and setting properties.
The few exceptional cases where you need extra control can be implemented
in the OnCreate, OnShow events or in the worst case the Loaded procedure.
> > > This is about code init, and as such should not be mutilated into some
> > > obscure hardcoded "code init" translator, but instead be obviously
> > > exposed for code control.
> >
> > There is certainly something to be said for this point of view, but they
> > obviously thought otherwise: Do not forget that in the TP days, it was
> > done like you propose, with their Turbo Vision.
>
> Was Turbo Vision the Delphi codename, or do you mean Object Vision?
No, Turbo Vision was a text based widget set for the Turbo Pascal IDE.
FPC has it in the form of Free Vision, it is used in the text mode IDE.
> > If they switched to
> > resources, they probably had their reasons for it. Two of them, which I
> > happen to know, I explained in my initial response to Graeme.
>
> I think they changed because they saw VB, and wanted to mimic them. This
> doesn't mean Delphi was a VB copy-cat, on the contrary, VB was an Object
> Vision copy-cat, but VB beat Delphi to market, then Delphi copied VB's .frm.
I doubt it; It does not correspond with the information which I have about
how Delphi was started. But no matter.
Michael.
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