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Thread Delphi 2007 and disappearing ComboBox Items
Mon, Apr 30 2007 3:10 PMPermanent Link

Dave M
Has anyone run into a Delphi 2007 problem with ComboBox items just disappearing, as in
lost for good? This happens sporadically. From reading some BDN newsgroups I am not the
only one.

Be warned. It's a real time waster.

Dave M
Tue, May 1 2007 12:09 PMPermanent Link

Tony Bryer
In article <0E39C9E4-6C68-45DF-97E1-6606FA5ADDA6@news.elevatesoft.com>, Dave M
wrote:
> Has anyone run into a Delphi 2007 problem with ComboBox items just
> disappearing, as in lost for good? This happens sporadically. From reading
> some BDN newsgroups I am not the only one.
>
> Be warned. It's a real time waster.

Filed as Quality Central #44777. But this is in a different realm of
seriousness to most since (a) you lose your work; and (b) if you're not careful
to watch for it a form will have lost its combo box items without you realising
it. As a short term fix I've changed my code so as to build all the combo
strings in code, but, as you say, a big waste of time.

I would have expected CodeGear to have highlighted this as a major issue and
confirmed that a fix was being worked on urgently.

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Tony Bryer  SDA UK  www.sda.co.uk
Tue, May 1 2007 11:23 PMPermanent Link

Dave M
>Tony Bryer wrote:

>I would have expected CodeGear to have highlighted this as a major issue and
>confirmed that a fix was being worked on urgently.
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I saw the QC report and the ide general newsgroup post by someone from CodeGear who,
following steps which don't produce the error, was unable to reproduce the error.  I
really don't think the person reporting the error "got through."

If BDS 2006 weren't *so slow* using the embedded designer, I would have reverted. I keep
running into more places to fix the code as I find more items gone.  Don't know the steps
in how to produce it either. Every combobox (items) on every form I have used so far, with
or without visual inheritance goes bye bye.  It's just a matter of when.

I also have regular issues with D2007 taking a vacation. No cpu use, just a 10 - 20 second
wait when doing compile and run. Virus scanner is off.

Dave M
Wed, May 2 2007 8:02 AMPermanent Link

Tony Bryer
In article <8962AB9C-04D1-4155-8339-F1D14552D580@news.elevatesoft.com>, Dave M
wrote:
> If BDS 2006 weren't *so slow* using the embedded designer, I would have
> reverted. I keep running into more places to fix the code as I find more
> items gone.  Don't know the steps in how to produce it either. Every
> combobox (items) on every form I have used so far, with or without visual
>  inheritance goes bye bye.  It's just a matter of when.

> I also have regular issues with D2007 taking a vacation. No cpu use, just
> a 10 - 20 second wait when doing compile and run. Virus scanner is off.

Overall I am very pleased with D2007 and (throwing caution to the wind) have
switched everything over to it: usually I migrate my in-house apps first and
then only move the development code for the apps we sell many months later.
This time, having a lot of faith in Nick and the new CodeGear team I haven't
waited. Which is why it suddenly came as a shock to find suddenly find
combobox items had gone back ... and I think that it is something to do with
viewing and editing forms as text, which I do for a quick fix.

But of course when I tried to make the problem happen I couldn't!

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Tony Bryer  SDA UK  www.sda.co.uk
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