On Mon, 24 Aug 2015 16:29:49 +0200 Martin Grajcar <[email protected]> wrote:
> In code I'm working on, I've found a pattern like > > PROCEDURE HideIt; > BEGIN > SomeComponent.Visible := FALSE; > SomeComponent.Parent := SELF; > SomeComponent.Visible := TRUE; > END; > > PROCEDURE ShowIt(NewParent: TForm); > BEGIN > SomeComponent.Visible := FALSE; > SomeComponent.Parent := NewParent; > ...some more stuff... > SomeComponent.Visible := TRUE; > ...some more stuff... > END; > > I can't really see what it's good for. I guess, the idea was to preserve > the widget, but the widget seems to get freed immediately in the first > line. It comes from D7 or older. Does it make sense on Lazarus 1.4 using > GTK+? No. Simply do "SomeComponent.Parent := NewParent;". Mattias -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
