Attached is a screen capture that shows what is happening.  When I added the two forms to my project originally the units had Form1 and Form2.  I used these for a short period of time then I went into the units and renamed the forms frmMain and frmEquipment.  There will eventually be 25+ forms in this project so I need names that tell me what they go with.

As you can see in the attached screen capture, the IDE is still using the old names of Form1 and Form2 and as such I cannot select a "Main Form" for the project.  When I run the project with no Main Form the browser screen is just blank.

What do I need to do to fix this?

Thanks,
TD

On 10/12/2016 8:26 PM, TD wrote:
> Attached is a screen capture that shows what is happening.  When I added the two forms to my project originally the units had Form1 and Form2.  I used these for a short period of time then I went into the units and renamed the forms frmMain and frmEquipment.  There will eventually be 25+ forms in this project so I need names that tell me what they go with.
>
> As you can see in the attached screen capture, the IDE is still using the old names of Form1 and Form2 and as such I cannot select a "Main Form" for the project.  When I run the project with no Main Form the browser screen is just blank.
>
> What do I need to do to fix this?

Not seeing it here.

What did you rename - form name in design mode using object inspector or
in the code ?

One think to try is to make sure project compiles (this is just to
ensure parsing logic completes OK) and try rename :
- compile - make sure OK
- open frmEquipment in design mode
- change name property to  frmEquipmentNew
- save
- change name property to  frmEquipment
- save

and then check project options (better yet close and reopen project
before checking)

Raul

I think I've seen this before.

Create a new project and save it with any name you wish, and then add those files to the project.  I think it fixed it.  I can't remember if this was exactly the same problem.


TD wrote:

Attached is a screen capture that shows what is happening.  When I added the two forms to my project originally the units had Form1 and Form2.  I used these for a short period of time then I went into the units and renamed the forms frmMain and frmEquipment.  There will eventually be 25+ forms in this project so I need names that tell me what they go with.

As you can see in the attached screen capture, the IDE is still using the old names of Form1 and Form2 and as such I cannot select a "Main Form" for the project.  When I run the project with no Main Form the browser screen is just blank.

What do I need to do to fix this?

Thanks,
TD

TD,

<< Attached is a screen capture that shows what is happening.  When I added the two forms to my project originally the units had Form1 and Form2.  I used these for a short period of time then I went into the units and renamed the forms frmMain and frmEquipment.  There will eventually be 25+ forms in this project so I need names that tell me what they go with. >>

My question is the same as Raul's: *how* did you rename the forms ?

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Tim Young [Elevate Software] wrote:

My question is the same as Raul's: *how* did you rename the forms ?

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com


OK, I renamed the physical files on the disk and then removed the old versions of these files from project explorer then added them back with their new names.  I then went into each of the form units and renamed the references to the old form name to the new form name.  Attached is a screen capture of the project explorer in EWB2 for this project.  Below is the content of each of the project files:


fireservicereporting.wbc
fireservicereporting.wbp

project fireservicereporting;

contains Main, Equipment;

uses WebForms, WebCtrls;

begin
  Application.Title := '';
  Application.LoadProgress := False;
  Application.CreateForm(TfrmMain);
  Application.CreateForm(TfrmEquipment);
  Application.Run('frmMain');
end.

------------------

main.wbf
main.wbs

unit Main;

interface

uses WebCore, WebUI, WebForms, WebCtrls, WebCtnrs, WebBtns, WebLabels;

type

  TfrmMain = class(TForm)
     pnlMainBtns: TPanel;
     Button1: TButton;
     Button3: TButton;
     Button4: TButton;
     Button7: TButton;
     Button5: TButton;
     Button6: TButton;
     Button2: TButton;
     Button8: TButton;
     Button9: TButton;
     HeaderPanel1: THeaderPanel;
     Label1: TLabel;
  private
     { Private declarations }
  public
     { Public declarations }
  end;

var
  frmMain: TfrmMain;

implementation

uses Equipment;


end.

------------------

equipment.wbf
equipment.wbs

unit Equipment;

interface

uses WebCore, WebUI, WebForms, WebCtrls;

type

  TfrmEquipment = class(TForm)
  private
     { Private declarations }
  public
     { Public declarations }
  end;

var
  frmEquipment: TfrmEquipment;

implementation

end.

TD:
I don't know if this would help or is what you are looking for, but when I need to rename a form or even add one with the same name as a 'base', this is what I do:

1 - Copy form1.wbs and form1.wbf files to formNew.wbs / .wbf
2 - Import formNew into the project
3 - Open formNew and rename the form's Name property to 'frmFormNew'.
4 - In source (F12) go to the top and change the unit name to 'unit formNew'.

Again, don't know if this is what you are trying to accomplish, but its what I do to use a file as a base.

On 10/16/2016 9:40 PM, TD wrote:
> OK, I renamed the physical files on the disk and then removed the old versions of these files from project explorer then added them back with their new names.  I then went into each of the form units and renamed the references to the old form name to the new form name.  Attached is a screen capture of the project explorer in EWB2 for this project.  Below is the content of each of the project files:

Unless you rename everything offline (before re-adding to IDE) this
could be causing this.

I use the following steps myself :

1. open form in EWB IDE
2. Save As new name
3. in design view use object inspector to update form name property
4. then you can remove old files from folder

> main.wbf
> equipment.wbf

What are the name property values in the wbf files ?
Those need  to be updated as well.


Raul

<< OK, I renamed the physical files on the disk and then removed the old versions of these files from project explorer then added them back with their new names.  I then went into each of the form units and renamed the references to the old form name to the new form name. >>

Yeah, that's the problem - you need to make sure to change the unit name *inside* of the unit itself, in addition to the file name. Otherwise, the old unit name will be used when it's added into the project.

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Raul wrote:

What are the name property values in the wbf files ?
Those need  to be updated as well.

Raul

That was the problem.  I edited the .wbf files by updating the name property and now all is well.  The next time I'll do it the way you and Tim suggest.

Thanks for everyone helping!
TD