(Changed text to .dfm from .frm. What was I thinking.)
Hi guys,
I have an application that is targeted at two different embedded systems
using two different size LCD displays. When the initial project was
expanded to the second larger display 1024x768 from 640x480 the client also
wanted a number of additions.
Now I'm faced with the chore of taking what has become a twin development
stream and bringing it back into 1 since all the neat features of the larger
system are also wanted on the smaller.
About 90% of the changes are object.width, .height, .left and .top and also
some font sizes.
There are a few that are WIN98 specific verses WINXP or WINNT but they are
less of a problem with flags kept in the registry to determine personality.
To determine what the new positions and sizes should be the easiest way was
to copy the .frm file and just re-arrange until I liked what I saw. Any of
the graphical code that depends on the width or height of the graphic can be
dealt with using {$IFDEF} etc.
What I'd like to be able to do is have PlotScreen.frm become
PlotScreenBIG.dfm and PlotScreenSMALL.dfm but keep the PlotScreen.pas file
name. Is there a way to convince Delpi 5 to use a .dfm file different from
the name of the unit during compilation. Then I could just...
{$IFDEF LARGE_SCREEN}
... Somehow use PlotScreenBIG.dfm
{$ELSE}
... Somehow use PlotScreenSMALL.dfm
{$ENDIF}
Thanks,
John Dammeyer
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http://www.autoartisans.com/products
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Ph. 1 250 544 4950
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