[fpc-pascal] TFPColor vs TColor

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Mattias Gaertner
<nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de> wrote:
>
> There are ways to use a single include file. For example:
>
> ---------
> {$I unit1.lfm}
>
> constructor TForm1.Create(TheOwner: TComponent);
> begin
>  RegisterComponentInit(@InitTForm1,TForm1);
>  inherited Create(TheOwner);
> end;


Where is RegisterComponentInit() defined?  I search all of Lazarus and
FPC 2.2.5 and couldn't find a definition.


> How are images and other arbitrary data saved to the source?

Currently they are declared as byte array constant. I have a small
little program that convert images using bin2obj

>
> *The lfm files can become quite large. Just put 100 components onto a
> form and add some glyphs. There will be several thousand lines of
> automatically generated code in your unit.

Thousand lines in a lfm file compared to a pas file. Doesn't matter to
me much - yet.


> *Word completion will show you a lot of junk.
>
> *when the IDE searches a component with the name 'Form1' it has to
> read in worst case all source files in the search path completely. This

I'll investigate these two further. But so far it hasn't been an issue for me.


Regards,
  - Graeme -


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