[Lazarus] TBufDataset.Filename property in Object Inspector

Michael Van Canneyt michael at freepascal.org
Mon Oct 9 10:13:52 CEST 2017



On Sun, 8 Oct 2017, Graeme Geldenhuys via Lazarus wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Following on from my previous TMemDataset.Filename issue. With 
> TBufDataset, there is no property editor associated with the FileName 
> property. Is this just an oversight or done for a specific reason?

Oversight.

>
> An the same issue as with TMemDataset.Filename. Clearly it expects a 
> specific file format denoted with a specific file extension. I selected 
> one of Kylix 3's *.cds files...
>
>   /home/graemeg/apps/kylix3/examples/delphi/db/fishfact/biolife.cds
>
> and when I set Active = True, the TBufDataset gave an "unable to open 
> file" error - I assume what it really meant is that it doesn't know the 
> file stream format.

Correct.

TBufDataset can read the XML format used by TClientDataset, but by default it uses another format.
It cannot read the binary cds format.

Michael.


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