[Lazarus] TextHeight property in TCustomForm

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:23:32 -0500
"Hess, Philip J" <pjhess at purdue.edu> wrote:

> Vincent,
> 
> I'm not sure if you appreciate the hassle this teeny, tiny change has
> caused. Now anyone who ever installed the ported Orpheus package, when
> they move to a newer Lazarus will discover that it no longer works.
> Period.

It's a pity that Borland didn't think about versioning when they
created TReader/TWriter.

 
> The fix is not difficult but I can't retroactively upgrade others'
> installations.
> 
> This is my main issue with Lazarus these days: How perfectly good code
> slowly "erodes" over time as Lazarus advances. It's almost impossible
> to keep up. Staying with a stable build is not an option since the
> widgetset improvements we need are often tied to LCL changes as well.

That's why we need a tool for that.


Mattias