No hard coded paths, please

[mawg]

Not everyone installed Delphi to the default path. Which leads to ...

In InspDemo.vrc

AmethystKamri VCLSTYLE "e:\coding\XE8\Redist\styles\vcl\Studio\15.0\Styles\AmethystKamri.vsf"
CyanDusk VCLSTYLE "e:\coding\XE8\Redist\styles\vcl\Studio\15.0\Styles\CyanDusk.vsf"
Luna VCLSTYLE "e:\coding\XE8\Redist\styles\vcl\Studio\15.0\Styles\Luna.vsf"

[BRCC32 Error] InspDemo.vrc(66): file not found: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\15.0\Styles\AmethystKamri.vsf
[BRCC32 Error] InspDemo.vrc(67): file not found: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\15.0\Styles\CyanDusk.vsf
[BRCC32 Error] InspDemo.vrc(68): file not found: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\15.0\Styles\Luna.vsf

[pyscripter]

The vrc file is created by the compiler. If you see the source code of
zcontrols/Demo/InspDemo.dproj it does not contain hard coded paths. However it does specify the use of AmethystKamri and the other styles which apparently are not available in your Delphi installation or at least they are not present in the location expected by the compiler. Just go to the Project options, Appearance, remove these styles and you should be OK.

[mawg]

Yes, I can see that the file is auto-generated. When I editted it to my path, the file was overwritten when I built. What I did was to copy those three files to the default location & everything was fine. is it worth making a small note in How To Install.txt?

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A separate question.:I have long been looking for something like the Object Inspector which I can use at run-time to examine & change (some of) the properties of my own objects, which are not all VCL controls. Can I do that with this component?

[pyscripter]

The inspector can be used to inspect and change any object. The property Component is of type TObject and can be set to any Delphi object.

[MahdiSafsafi]

Hi there,

As pyscripter pointed you out, there is no hard paths from the library. Only the compiler that made such paths.
Please, select Project => Options => Appearance and then press OK. This will fix all paths.

Note: There is no need to remove styles. The demo enumerates the available styles and it doesn't force
for a particular style.

For your second question, I believe that pyscripter explained it very well :)

[mawg]

Can you show a very basic demo of adding a non-VCL control class and showing its properties in the inspector?

[mawg]

I tried
TMyClass = Class(TObject)
public
val :Integer;
motto : String;
End;
myObject : TMyClass;

and

procedure TMain.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
GetObjsList;
EnumStyles;

myObject := TMyClass.Create();
myObject.val := 13;
myObject.motto := 'Hello, world';

zObjectInspector1.Component := TComponent(myObject);
end;

but my object was not shown in the object inspector :-(

[MahdiSafsafi]

That's because var is not a published property. Inspector works with properties and not variables/constants.

[mawg]

You are correct !!! I changed it to

TMyClass = Class(TObject)
private
myValue : Integer;
myMotto : String;

 Published
    property  val :Integer read myValue write myValue;
    property  motto : String read myMotto write myMotto;

End;

and now those properties of my object show in the Object Inspector !

Wow! I have been looking for something like this for over ten years; thank you so much !

[pyscripter]

Please close the issue.