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Report #:  81389   Status: Open
Uneditable unit bug:  Edit buffer for a .pas file has no syntax highlighting and editing is crippled.
Project:  Embarcadero Prism Build #:  3.0.21.661
Version:    1.1 Submitted By:   Phil Gilmore
Report Type:  Basic functionality failure Date Reported:  1/21/2010 10:31:23 AM
Severity:    Serious / Highly visible problem Last Updated: 3/20/2012 2:24:39 AM
Platform:    All platforms Internal Tracking #:   274636
Resolution: None (Resolution Comments) Resolved in Build: : None
Duplicate of:  None
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Description
Uneditable unit bug:
This happens in many other circumstances but this is the first case I came up with that's reproducible.
I don't know if this is ever an intended "mode" of the editor, but it certainly isn't desirable whenever I encounter it.

When reproduced, the edit buffer for a certain .pas file:
Has no syntax highlighting.
Backspace does not work.
Arrow keys do not work.
Enter key does not work (no carriage return)
Steps to Reproduce:
Uneditable unit bug:
This happens in many other circumstances but this is the first case I came up with that's reproducible.
I don't know if this is ever an intended "mode" of the editor, but it certainly isn't desirable whenever I encounter it.

1 - Create a new console application.  Name it QCTest.
2 - Add a new class, name it Class1.  
3 - CTRL-SHIFT-S to save all.
4 - Highlight Class1 in Solution Explorer and press the DEL key on the keyboard.  Select REMOVE from the popup dialog.
5 - CTRL-SHIFT-S to save all.  Class1.pas should still exist on disk.
6 - Add a new class, name it Class2.
7 - CTRL-SHIFT-S to save all.
7 - Highlight Class2 in Solution Explorer and press the DEL key on the keyboard.  Select DELETE from teh popup dialog.
DO NOT SAVE THE SOLUTION.
Class2 should no longer exist on disk or in the solution.  
8 - From the File menu, close the solution.  Do not save.
9 - Re-open the solution.  Class2 should appear as a missing resource in Solution Explorer.
10 - Highlight Class2 in the Solution Explorer and press the DEL key on the keyboard.  Select DELETE from the popup dialog.  You will see another popup telling you that the file was not found and could not be deleted, as expected.  Click OK to clear this dialog.
11 - Right-click the project in Solution Explorer and add an existing resource.  Select the Class1.pas file.
12 - Double-click the Class1.pas file in Solution Explorer to edit it.  

Class1.Pas:
Has no syntax highlighting.
Backspace does not work.
Arrow keys do not work.
Enter key does not work (no carriage return)
Workarounds
Close solution, re-open solution and re-open the file in question.
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