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Report #: 78614

Status: Open

Inserting const/var setions into a TForm causes parser to mafunction on later ading comtrols via visual IDE

Project: Delphi

Build #: 11.0.2902.10471

Version: 11.2

Submitted By: Stephen Ransom

Report Type: Minor failure / Design problem

Date Reported: 10/13/2009 5:45:35 PM

Severity: Infrequently encountered problem

Last Updated: 3/20/2012 2:24:39 AM

Platform: All versions

Internal Tracking #: 273304

Resolution: None (Resolution Comments)

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Description

I have form-specific constants.

I don't like globals of any sort so I didn't want to use a unit-level const section.

I therefore added a "const" section to a TForm in the simplest way possible - immediately under the line defining the new TForm where it was nearly as easy to see as a unit-level const section..

This required adding a "var" line after the const entries.

This works fine.

However .. when then adding a new control to the form via the visual IDE (using the mouse) Delphi places the entry for the new control into the const section, not the var section - and hence the subsequent compile fails.

type
  TfrmiAssort = class(TForm)
  const
    ORA_SOURCE_MANIFEST  = 'manifest';
    ORA_SOURCE_WAVEFRONT = 'wavefront';
    ORA_SOURCE_NA        = '';
    SpeedButton1: TSpeedButton;
  var
    actHintsOnOff                                 : TAction;
    actLoad                                       : TAction;
    actLoad1                                      : TMenuItem;
    actLoadFrom                                   : TAction;
    actManifestORA                                : TAction;
    actSave                                       : TAction;

Workaround .. move the const/var to Private. Not as good since the const is now harder to see.

Steps to Reproduce:

Create a new form.
Add a TButton.
Compile .. works.
Add
    const
       FRED='Fred';
immediately after the TForm definition line.
Add a second TButton.
Compile - fails E2029 '=' expected but ';' found

unit Unit1;

interface

uses
  Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
  Dialogs, StdCtrls;

type
  TForm1 = class(TForm)
  const
    FRED ='Fred';
    Button2: TButton;
  var
    Button1: TButton;
  private
    { Private declarations }
  public
    { Public declarations }
  end;

var
  Form1: TForm1;

implementation

{$R *.dfm}

end.

Workarounds

Move to the Private section.

Not as practical since the constants are now effectively hidden rather than up-front.

(used the mouse to add a third TButton) ...
Compile works.

unit Unit1;

interface

uses
  Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
  Dialogs, StdCtrls;

type
  TForm1 = class(TForm)
    Button1: TButton;
    Button2: TButton;
    Button3: TButton;
  private
  const
    FRED ='Fred';
  var
    { Private declarations }
  public
    { Public declarations }
  end;

var
  Form1: TForm1;

implementation

{$R *.dfm}

end.

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