[RE: [Re: [lazarus] How are we going to store component data?]]

[Michael A. Hess]

michael at tfdec1.fys.kuleuven.ac.be wrote:
> 
> I think he has a point here, and that the best shot is:
> 
> 1) A DFM file is a description of the form in DFM - you can easily
>    make a bit representation of a bitmap in XML -
> 2) when compiling the app, the XML gets translated into resources by a
>    special resource compiler - Delphi has one too - which are linked
>    in in the application.
> 3) This resource is linked in the app, and read by the TForm startup
>    code.
> 
> at least I understand you perfectly, I assume the others got the
> pictuir also now ?

Oh hey I'm all for this method as well. It was item 3 on my other email.
I was just concerned about what this means. It is line #2 where I get
itchy. This "special resource compiler". First off getting this thing
designed and built. Then line #3 states "resource is linked in the app".
Isn't that something that the FPC compiler/linker team would have to
deal with? You yourself said that once 1.0 comes out, which should be
soon, things will get real messy since you are going for a redesign.
When would we be able to get this kind of feature available in the
compiler/linker. Would we have to wait until the next major release?

The other options weren't compiler depended that is why I was looking at
them. Any others with input???

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