[Lazarus] Lazarus updates dfm not lfm and changes to form NOT being shown at run time.

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:10:26 +1100
Peter Williams <pewilliams2010 at live.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi All,
> I have a Lazarus project which I ported from a Delphi one. It has 2 units with a form each e.g. unit1, form1 & unit2, form2. I used the Tools conversations menu items to convert it and the forms and units. 
> It all works fine except that when I change form1, then changes are made to form1.dfm and not to form1.lfm.
> Can someone please help me check out why the wrong form is being updated. I know this because when I edit form1, and run it, the changes do not appear when I run it. I see the form1.lfm which has not been changed. It seems that form1.dfm is getting changed.

When the IDE opens/saves a form it first searches for a file with the
same name as the unit but with the extension '.lfm'. If this is not
found it searches for a '.dfm'.
I just tested with a form1.pas, form1.lfm and form1.dfm: only the
form1.lfm was changed.

Please try this:
rename the form1.dfm to form1.dfm_old
Then edit the form. Do you get any error? What file is changed?

Mattias