User should change the name of a object

rbuser

Hello,
in some cases the user should to be able to change the Name of a
printable object. I mean not the property UserName but the property
Name. The property Name I can't change with the object inspector.

And the function Rename in the Report Tree only change the UserName.

What can I do that the user has the ability to change the Object Name?

Best wishes
Bernhard

nardmoseley

By design, at run-time the user can only change the UserName property.
Throughout the report designer the UserName is displayed, rather than the
name. Run-time code, RAP, uses the UserName to refere to objects instead of
the name.

From the Delphi online help for the Name property: "Changing Name at runtime
causes any references to the old name to become undefined. Any subsequent
code that uses the old name will cause an exception."

Thus we introduced the concept of UserName.


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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Nard Moseley (Digital Metaphors) schrieb:

This I understand. But nevertheless I need the ability for the end user
to change the Name property.

Is there a way to extend the Object Inspector with own properties? If
so, where can I find an example?

Is there a event if the user change the UserName property, so I can set
the Name property to the UserName property in special cases?

Best wishes
Bernhard

nardmoseley

The object inspector categories can be configured easily, here is an example
of removing the Name property from the Ignore category and adding it to the
Identity category.


uses
ppInspector;

procedure TForm1.ConfigureObjectInspector;
var
lCategory: TppPropertyCategory;
liIndex: Integer;
begin

// remove Name from the Ignore property category
lCategory :=
TppPropertyCategoryManager.PropertyCategories.ItemByName['Ignore'];

liIndex := lCategory.PropertyNames.IndexOf('Name');

if liIndex >= 0 then
lCategory.PropertyNames.Delete(liIndex);

// add Name to the Identity property category
lCategory :=
TppPropertyCategoryManager.PropertyCategories.ItemByName['Identity'];

lCategory.PropertyNames.Add('Name');
end;

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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Thanks, this works fine.
Best wishes
Bernhard

Nard Moseley (Digital Metaphors) schrieb: