In one of the future releases could you change the behaviour when things like the engines config path are changed and its active from simply telling you and wiping out your change to either stopping you entering data into the property to start with or offering (and doing) to deactivate the component, make the change and reactivate it?

Please?

Roy Lambert

Roy,

<< In one of the future releases could you change the behaviour when things
like the engines config path are changed and its active from simply telling
you and wiping out your change to either stopping you entering data into the
property to start with or offering (and doing) to deactivate the component,
make the change and reactivate it? >>

That really won't help - it will still cause every attached database and/or
table to be deactivated.  Unless you're asking that we save the entire state
of the engine and then restore it afterwards.  In which case my answer would
be that such a change is not probably worth the effort.  DBISAM had the same
issue with changing a database directory, session remote address, etc.
There are just certain properties that can't be changed while the component
containing them is active.

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Tim


OK I accept that position - how about preventing me from trying to make a change eg bring the error message up as soon as I start typing into the property?

Roy Lambert

Roy,

<< OK I accept that position - how about preventing me from trying to make a
change eg bring the error message up as soon as I start typing into the
property? >>

Unfortunately I can't affect this.  It's just the way the object inspector
works.  It doesn't try to actually assign the property until you try to exit
it in the inspector.

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Tim


Hmmm, in that case as a final request can you design in a big hand that comes out and slaps me when I get it wrong - I'm sure I'll soon learn then ....

Roy Lambert

Roy,

<< Hmmm, in that case as a final request can you design in a big hand that
comes out and slaps me when I get it wrong - I'm sure I'll soon learn then
..... >>

No can do - our lawyer says that's a big no-no.

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

So, you've actually asked your lawyer if you could put in a big hand
that comes out and slaps users when they get something wrong? Can I get
that source code, I don't have a lawyer :-P

Regards,

Jason Lee


Tim Young [Elevate Software] wrote:
> << Hmmm, in that case as a final request can you design in a big hand that
> comes out and slaps me when I get it wrong - I'm sure I'll soon learn then
> No can do - our lawyer says that's a big no-no.

Jason,

<< So, you've actually asked your lawyer if you could put in a big hand that
comes out and slaps users when they get something wrong? Can I get that
source code, I don't have a lawyer :-P >>

Yeah, but you'll need one if you start slapping users with a big hand.

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com