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Thread Wandering cursor - nothing to do with databases I hope
Fri, Aug 1 2008 2:57 AMPermanent Link

Roy Lambert

NLH Associates

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I know other people have had a similar problem. There are posts on CodeGear about it, unfortunately no solutions so I'm trying desperately here.

On one of my forms I have a TWPRichText from WPTools. Its set as a single line so I can have effectively a TEdit with spellcheck (Addict). When I click into it the cursor disappears. I found out that what's happening is the cursor drops down to the line below. Since I had the control set to single line high it effectively vanishes. As I type the cursor briefly appears after the character and then whizzes back down a line. I discovered what was going on when I expanded the component to several lines high.

Just to see I dropped a standard TRichEdit and a standard TMemo on the form and they behave the same way.

Naturally when I try to replicate this on a brand new project I can't. Also other forms with the same single line TWPRichText behave themselves.

Suggestions on the back of a bottle of hair replacement tonic welcome.

Roy Lambert
Fri, Aug 1 2008 8:07 AMPermanent Link

"John Hay"
Roy

> On one of my forms I have a TWPRichText from WPTools. Its set as a single
line so I can have effectively a TEdit with spellcheck (Addict). When I
click into it the cursor disappears. I found out that what's happening is
the cursor drops down to the line below. Since I had the control set to
single line high it effectively vanishes. As I type the cursor briefly
appears after the character and then whizzes back down a line. I discovered
what was going on when I expanded the component to several lines high.
>
> Just to see I dropped a standard TRichEdit and a standard TMemo on the
form and they behave the same way.
>
> Naturally when I try to replicate this on a brand new project I can't.
Also other forms with the same single line TWPRichText behave themselves.
>
> Suggestions on the back of a bottle of hair replacement tonic welcome.

Now that is a really weird one.  Not surprised you need the hair tonic Smiley

If you are not at the end of the text does it still happen?
If yes then if you get the value of control.selstart does it appear to be
correct?
If you have a button which explicitly sets the value of selstart and sets
focus to the control does the cursor move back to the correct position?

In you brand new project did you have all the third party components used in
the app which shows the problem?
Does the app have any timers or threads actrive when the problem arises?

John

Fri, Aug 1 2008 8:31 AMPermanent Link

Roy Lambert

NLH Associates

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John

>If you are not at the end of the text does it still happen?

Yup, I can cursor back to partway through the text and the cursor stays there until I press a key at which point it runs away.

>If yes then if you get the value of control.selstart does it appear to be
>correct?

I'll check

>If you have a button which explicitly sets the value of selstart and sets
>focus to the control does the cursor move back to the correct position?

I tried explicitly doing a setfocus but not setting selstart I'll see.

>In you brand new project did you have all the third party components used in
>the app which shows the problem?

Yup, all I did was create a new project and then copy the form into it. I also tried copying all the controls from the awkward form to  another one. Both work fine.

>Does the app have any timers or threads actrive when the problem arises?

None of the timers are active and no background threads.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Roy Lambert
Fri, Aug 1 2008 8:43 AMPermanent Link

Roy Lambert

NLH Associates

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John


Got it slightly wrong. When I cursor back the cursor vanishes when I release the key.

I dropped a button on   with  showmessage(inttostr(projectname.SelStart)); and its showing the correct position each time.

I just tried
projectname.SetFocus;
projectname.SelStart := 3;

And the cursor briefly reappears in the right position and then poof gone.

Roy Lambert
Fri, Aug 1 2008 8:52 AMPermanent Link

"John Hay"
Roy

> Yup, all I did was create a new project and then copy the form into it. I
also tried copying all the controls from the awkward form to another one.
Both work fine.

Do you mean you copied all the controls from one form to another in the same
app and it worked fine???

John

Fri, Aug 1 2008 9:07 AMPermanent Link

Roy Lambert

NLH Associates

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John


I just tried dropping a TWPRichText onto the main form and that worked fine. I next tried adding a new form into the app - blank and copied the same component there. It bombs.

The only thing I can think of is I'm creating the for where it bombs at run time eg

application.CreateForm(tform1,form1);
form1.showmodal;
form1.free;

but why that should matter I don't know.

Roy Lambert
Fri, Aug 1 2008 9:07 AMPermanent Link

Roy Lambert

NLH Associates

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John


No it was a blank form in a test app - but read the later posts. It gets "better".

Roy Lambert
Fri, Aug 1 2008 9:42 AMPermanent Link

"John Hay"
Roy

> I just tried dropping a TWPRichText onto the main form and that worked
fine. I next tried adding a new form into the app - blank and copied the
same component there. It bombs.
>
> The only thing I can think of is I'm creating the for where it bombs at
run time eg
>
> application.CreateForm(tform1,form1);
> form1.showmodal;
> form1.free;

Bizarre.  What if you add a new form and leave it as autocreated (if you are
not doing that) ?

John

Fri, Aug 1 2008 10:47 AMPermanent Link

Roy Lambert

NLH Associates

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John


It just gets worse Smiley

Move it to autocreate and access through the mainmenu and bomb. Move to autocreate and make it the first form - great.

Create a new app with two forms. Drop the TWPRichText onto form2, call from a button on form1 and .... great

Drop a mainmenu of form1, add item and access through mainmenu and great.

I'm coming to the conclusion there's something weird on my main form that's stuffing it, but what!!!!!

Roy Lambert
Fri, Aug 1 2008 10:57 AMPermanent Link

Roy Lambert

NLH Associates

Team Elevate Team Elevate

John


You were right at the beginning - it was a timer which was being turned on when it shouldn't have been.

Thanks for your help. Without your prompting I'd probably never have tracked it down. Now off to attack component writer Smiley

Roy Lambert
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