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2004-07-03 05:16:46 AM
cppbuilder48
I have an AnsiString property that is set in the IDE and I want
to use in the components constructor but when I do, the
property is empty. For example, the following displays an empty
string:
if( !ComponentState.Contains(csDesigning) )
{
ShowMessage( PropertyName );
}
However, if I check it in the form's constructor it displays
correctly.
~ JD
 

"JD" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote in message
streamed from the DFM yet when the constructor is executing. You have to
wait until the property is actually assigned before you can use its value.
Gambit
 

"Remy Lebeau \(TeamB\)" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote:
but I guess calling an Activate method in the form's ctor isn't
the end of the world.
~ JD
 

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"JD" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote in message
first place.
Gambit
 

"Remy Lebeau \(TeamB\)" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote:
on the main form, set a couple of properties and the component
will handle 'authorizing' the application to run.
The desired visual effect is to have zero screen output if the
program is not authorized to run so using the properties in
the ctor seemed like the solution.
If I hard code the properties, it works as expected but that
defeats the point of having something that's reusable. I just
want to be able to drop it, set it and forget it.
I just thought of this but I'm not sure how to impliment. I
could move the code in the ctor to an Activate method, set the
application's ShowMainForm to false in the ctor, start a
thread that waits for streaming to finish and terminates in
such a way as to cause the Activate method to execute. The
Activate method then either sets ShowMainForm to true or calls
Application->Terminate.
How 'bout that?
~ JD
 

"JD" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote in message
wait until after the DFM has finished streaming all of the property values
before you then act on them.
WinMain() directly before any forms are created at all.
Gambit
 

"Remy Lebeau \(TeamB\)" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote:
nearly everything we do. Granted we don't turn out that many
executables but there are enough and you wouldn't believe some
of the stuff - well YOU would - that these guys put in there.
3rd party stuff unless it comes with source code (and it's free
because that's what we get paid for). It's hard to argue with
that.
~ JD