use units
lazarus / 9-Editor

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kao · 2006-07-25 04:11

Hello, in delphi there was an option named, "use unit" in wich
automatically you could add a unit to another so you can make
references to their components. I can add the unit in the code editor
but the component just don´t appear in the object inspector.
   An example is, i want to set the datasource of a dbgrid in my form
using a datasource in a datamodule. What can i do??

Sorry about my poor english

Thank you

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kao · 2006-07-26 03:54

Did I miss something?, I really hope somebody can help me!!

thanx

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CCRDude · 2006-07-26 05:37

Code: [Select]Unit ThisIsMyFirstUnit;

interface

uses ThisIsMyOtherUnit;

implementation

uses ThisIsYetAnotherUnit;

end.

Units never appear i the Object Inspector. Why should they? It's for
objects, not units. And the Code Explorer always shows the unit of the
active tab.

I also don't quite understand the example... wait...

You're speaking about a form unit of a different form, and want to set
unit1.dbgrid.datasource := unit2.datasource or something like that?
I've no idea if Lazarus supports this, have you tried to type it in
manually?

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Marc · 2006-07-26 09:40

The object inspector can't show components on other forms/datamodules
yet.

If you want this, you need to do it manually in the Form.Create