On 13 September 2014 20:02, Sven Barth <pascaldra...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 13.09.2014 20:13, vfclists . wrote: > >> According to the docs the with statement when used with mulltiple >> objects only works with the last parameter. >> >> >> The statement >> >> With A,B,C,D do Statement; >> >> is equivalent to >> >> With A do >> With B do >> With C do >> With D do Statement; >> >> -- >> >> I thought that if all the objects have the property the statement would >> apply to them eg. >> >> >> with Label1, Label2, Label3 do >> Caption = 'Text'. >> >> I thought all the 3 labels would have the caption set, but only Label3's >> caption is set. Is this a difference between Delphi's Object Pascal and >> FreePascal, or has Delphi's Object Pascal always worked in the same >> manner? >> > > It has always worked in this manner. It's just for abbreviating typing, > not for combining properties. (and then the with-variant with multiple > elements is even more seldomly used than the single-element one...) > > Regards, > Sven > _______________________________________________ > fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org > http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal > What then is the nesting for if the command will only apply to the last item with the property? Is each nested element supposed to be a property of the enclosing element? What is the rationale for such a statement, ie using multliple elements? -- Frank Church ======================= http://devblog.brahmancreations.com
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