[Lazarus] Visual Form Inheritance

[Lee Jenkins]

Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> On Wed, 7 May 2008 18:14:45 +0200 (CEST)
> Michael Van Canneyt <michael at freepascal.org> wrote:
> 
>>
>> On Wed, 7 May 2008, Mattias Gärtner wrote:
>>
>>> Zitat von Lee Jenkins <lee at datatrakpos.com>:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I found the following bug report on mantis:
>>>> http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=705
>>>>
>>>> Which seems to indicate that VFI is implemented, but I'm unsure
>>>> as to the what level it working from reading the comments.
>>>>
>>>> VFI works, but just not in the IDE at design time?  Meaning that
>>>> I can inherit from an ancestor form, but the ancestor's controls
>>>> will not show up in
>>> design time, but are drawn at runtime?
>>>> At worst, I just need methods to be inherited from a base form
>>>> and appears to be working, but I was curious as to the "Visual"
>>>> part of VFI at design time or if that will be planned?
>>> AFAIK there are two things missing:
>>> - Easy creating descendant forms via 'New ...' dialog
>> But this is the essence of VFI ? 
>> Without this, how can one say that VFI works ?
> 
> Oh, come on. This is too simple. 
> You can already create easily any kind of inherited component. Just
> close the designer form and change the ancestor in the source. The only
> missing thing is a dialog, that do this in on step.
> I already wondered why you didn't provide a dialog yourself. You wrote
> the project templates, so I know you are skilled.
> 
> Anyway, here is "the essence":
> I found a nice patch for this in bug 1287. I simplified and extended it
> and now you can inherit forms, datamodules, frames and custom component
> classes via the new dialog.
> 
> Lazarians are spoiled.
> 
> 

That is a good thing, isn't it?  Its a reflection of the Lazarus developers and 
community's skill and generosity, IMO. :)

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Warm Regards,

Lee