[fpc-devel] TFIeld.lookup problem

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Sat, 20 Jul 2019, Marco van de Voort wrote:

>
> Op 2019-07-20 om 14:40 schreef Michael Van Canneyt:
>>
>>> Why is this field deprecated and not published? It really complicates 
>>> dual maintenance of apps with database fields.
>>
>> Because it is redundant. The fieldkind property is what you need. Set 
>> fieldKind=fkLookup
>>
> As said, it causes annoying problems with dual maintenance of forms for 
> no particular reason (since the property is still there, public). 
> Is it so hard to make it published (stored false if need be?).

No, it is not.

But dual maintenance was never a target. Easy porting, yes.

Michael.