[lazarus] Patch for win32 : ShowModal and Lazconf

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 19:21:04 -0300
Karl Brandt <pascalive at bol.com.br> wrote:

> Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> > On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 21:11:10 -0300
> > Karl Brandt <pascalive at bol.com.br> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 00:56:44 -0300
> >>>Karl Brandt <pascalive at bol.com.br> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>BTW: When Creating config files, if Primary file is not found, is
> >tried >>>to copy from secondary file to primary file. This creates a
> >exception >>>because primary file also not exists. Maybe can be checked
> >if primary >>>file exists and if no, created a default one.
> >>
> >>Sorry,i mean secondary config file.
> >>
> >>
> >>>There is an try..except around the copy. And defaults are always
> >>>created.
> >>
> >>At least in my system, this default secondary config is not saved to
> >disk.
> > 
> > 
> > The secondary config file is for templates. For example admins can setup
> > some default values for all users.
> 
> So, the user must copy/make a config secondary file manually?
> 
> The sequence i had in mind was:
> 
> Check if secondary exits
> if no, create one and save to disk

Normally the secondary config path is not writable for the user.


> Check if primary exists
> if no, copy from secondary to primary
> 
> This way in first run both files will be automatically generated and if 
> desired, the user can change/edit the secondary/template file.

The primary is for the user. Most primary files are created on first use of
the IDE. When the primary exists, the secondary is ignored. So, why should
the user want to edit the secondary? 

 
> But look that this is not the desired behavior
> 
> 
> > Can you tell me, where the exception is raised?
> >
> 
> Inside CopySecondaryConfigFile function(lazconf.inc)
> at SrcFS:=TFileStream.Create(SecondaryFilename,fmOpenRead);

Even with the FileExists addition?


Mattias