On 1-May-07, at 6:46 AM, Arnaud Nicolet wrote: > Hi, > > I've discovered a bug in RB2007r1. > > I have placed a static text on my window. Since it must be invisible > in the beginning, I've set the height of the window lower than the > top of the static text (in the IDE, the static text is in the grey > area). In code, I set self.height=64 when I want to show the static > text. > > The problem with this technique is that, in the running application, > the StaticText.parent property is nil. It means it does not know on > which window it belongs nor can't it display anything. > The control itself is not nil, so I can say > LblTimeRemaining.text="0:00", but it is never displayed. > > The workaround is to make the window covering all the controls in the > IDE and using the open event (or constructor) to set the window to a > lower size (rather annoying). > > A for-your-information message.
Umm, parent = nil is normal. Parent is only non-nil when the parent is another control. I think you have something else going on. Tim No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/782 - Release Date: 5/1/2007 2:10 AM _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
