[Lazarus] Compile conditionals from Delphi do not work in Laz 1.6...

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 2016-07-22 11:17, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> TSelectDirectoryDialog is a specialized TOpenDialog.
> 
> TSelectDirectoryDialog = class(TOpenDialog)
> TOpenDialog = class(TFileDialog)
> TFileDialog = class(TCommonDialog)

I know all that, I checked before I replied. My point is you have a
DIRECTORY select dialog, but you have to use a Filename property to
retrieve the selected Directory Name. Makes no sense.

If you must use the TFileDialog functionality, then at least add another
class in the hierarchy (eg: TCustomFileDialog) where properties like
"DefaultExt", "FileName", "Files" etc are not published. Then
TSelectDirectoryDialog can descend from that, and then publish a
"Directory" and "DirectoryList" (if multiple directory selection is
supported) properties which internally reads the Filename value.

As it is now, the usage is messy.

Regards,
  Graeme