Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] The evil that is mfm

> Where do you see "Touch form"? Fre;D -- Sent from: http://mseide-msegui-talk.13964.n8.nabble.com/ ___ mseide-msegui-talk mailing list

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] The evil that is mfm

Hello Graeme, you wrote on Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:45:34 +: > > *_mfm.pas ARE necessary. ... > I remember I asked Martin if they were required, and his answer was > technically no, because they are auto generated or something. So I once As I see it, they're (kind of) auto generated if you

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] The evil that is mfm

On 2/14/20 1:51 PM, fredvs wrote: Right click on a file in the file list (right side of editor window) and click on "Show as form" This is enabled only if the 3 files are present. The same for "Touch form", if a .mfm or _mfm.pas is missing. By the way, do you know what is the goal of "Touch

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] The evil that is mfm

Hello. In /mseide-msegui/tools/ there is form2pas.pas application. It says: program form2pas; //convert form files (*.mfm) to pascal files (*_mfm.pas) //commandline: form2pas FORMFILE[,UNITNAME] ... //Default UNITNAME is FORMFILE without extension. // //'form2pas main.mfm formdesigner.mfm' ->

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] The evil that is mfm

> Right click on a file in the file list (right > side of editor window) and click on "Show as form" This is enabled only if the 3 files are present. The same for "Touch form", if a .mfm or _mfm.pas is missing. By the way, do you know what is the goal of "Touch form" ? Fre;D -- Sent from:

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] The evil that is mfm

Hello Graeme. Indisputably one of the best feature of fpGUI is his "all in one" file feature. Imho, the 3 files way is more heavy and if, by chance, you could find a way to unify all that files, I vote X 10.000 for it. Fre;D -- Sent from: http://mseide-msegui-talk.13964.n8.nabble.com/

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] The evil that is mfm

On 14/02/2020 1:34 am, fredvs wrote: >> Afaik, the *_mfm.pas are not necessary. >> You may delete them, there are given only for convenience (?) when you do >> a >> "touch form". > Fake news! > > *_mfm.pas ARE necessary. I remember I asked Martin if they were required, and his answer was

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] The evil that is mfm

On 2/13/20 8:34 PM, fredvs wrote: Afaik, the *_mfm.pas are not necessary. You may delete them, there are given only for convenience (?) when you do a "touch form". Fake news! *_mfm.pas ARE necessary. So, sorry, I dont know the purpose of the objdata: record size: integer; data: array that is

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] The evil that is mfm

> Afaik, the *_mfm.pas are not necessary. > You may delete them, there are given only for convenience (?) when you do > a > "touch form". Fake news! *_mfm.pas ARE necessary. So, sorry, I dont know the purpose of the objdata: record size: integer; data: array that is in *_mfm.pas. (But I would

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] The evil that is mfm

Hello Graeme. Afaik, the *_mfm.pas are not necessary. You may delete them, there are given only for convenience (?) when you do a "touch form". Now what is their utility, Martin did explain it but I did not understand very well the purpose. Maybe somebody else may explain that. Fre;D --