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

[Bart]

On 7/22/16, Graeme Geldenhuys <mailinglists at geldenhuys.co.uk> wrote:

> 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.

It will break every existing program that uses this dialog (including the IDE).

>
> As it is now, the usage is messy.

Unfortunately yes.

Bart