When used inside a Borland Developer Studio 2006 project, our component needs a turnaround in order to let the IDE saving the component's settings inside the container form resource file (.RESX): the problem is caused by a bug inside this specific IDE and we hope that Borland will fix it soon.
Steps needed to reproduce the problem:
| • | Tell the IDE to create a new Windows Form Application project. |
| • | On the available form, add an instance of the component, for example an instance of Ctl3dPushButton. |
| • | Edit the component and change the Shape property from the Rectangle default to another shape: you will see the control assuming the requested shape. |
| • | Save the form code using the "File/Save" menu item or, in alternative, pressing the corresponding Ctrl+S accelerator. |
| • | Now, try to run the project: you will see that, at runtime, the control will still have the original rectangular shape: this is caused by the fact that, when you simply press the "File/Save" menu item, the form will simply update the .PAS form's file and not the corresponding .RESX file (where the component's binary settings are effectively stored): this is clearly a bug of the IDE because these two files should be saved at the same time: the same problem will happen for any further modification performed on the component's instance. |
How to fix the issue:
Instead of using the "File/Save" menu item, always use the "File/Save all" menu item or, in alternative, the corresponding Shift+Ctrl+S accelerator: this will ensure that both the form's .PAS and .RESX files will be saved correctly.
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