[fpc-pascal] Is there a smart way to save/restore NotifyEvents and objects?

[Sven Barth]

Am 03.02.2018 10:08 schrieb "Michael Van Canneyt" <michael at freepascal.org>:



On Sat, 3 Feb 2018, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal wrote:

Am 03.02.2018 09:11 schrieb "Michael Van Canneyt" <michael at freepascal.org>:
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> On Sat, 3 Feb 2018, Dennis Poon wrote:
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>>> If your objects inherit from TComponent and you use published properties
>>> you can use the streaming screen of the RTL.
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>>> I am curious how TComponent save and restore TnotifyEvent fields. Can you
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> If you put a method in the published section of an object, its name is
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> name: when saving, the name is written to stream, when loading, the name is
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> The classes TReader and TWriter in the classes unit perform this work.
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> Of course this only works for methods that are published.
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Absolutely, that is why it was the first sentence of my reply :)


Ah right, sorry. It was still before breakfast when I answered that. ^^'



Also, what is 'streaming screen' of RTL? How to use it?
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> He meant the streaming system, I suppose. TComponent, TReader and TWriter
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> Correct. Stupid autocorrection -.-
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Don't you hate it when computers think they're smarter than you ? ;-)


Definitely :P

Regards,
Sven
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