[fpc-devel] TCustomApplication's parent class?

[Sergei Gorelkin]

Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> 
> I just noticed that it is common usage to call
> SomeForm.Create(Application), which is now not possible. As it stands
> now, it breaks your fpGUI article's demo application as well, which I
> don't want to do. :)

In fact, TSomeForm.Create(Application) should work and should be enough 
for all cases. In my vision, the purpose of Application.CreateForm is a 
workaround for odd VCL architecture: it assigns object reference before 
calling its constructor, so that you can use global variables like 
"Form1" within FormCreate handler without getting a segfault. But doing 
so is bad, extremely bad practice...

> OK, I'll change TfpgApplicationBase to derive from TComponent again.

Finding a solution of the problem is always better, although harder, 
than masking it out :)

Best regards,
Sergei