[DUG] D2007 - TDBLookupComboBox and TDBLookupListBox - missing combos in properties

Eric A eaa603 at hotmail.com
Wed Oct 3 18:01:51 NZDT 2007


No, wish it was that simple.  

Actually, what's not happening is that there should be a combo box embedded in the value portion of the field type in the object inspector for the control,  i.e.   in the RHS value pane of say the "ListField" property.


> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 17:37:15 +1200
> From: r.gupta at xtra.co.nz
> To: delphi at delphi.org.nz
> Subject: Re: [DUG] D2007 - TDBLookupComboBox and TDBLookupListBox - missing	combos in properties
> 
> Eric,
> 
> in the Object Inspector
> Right Click and
> Select View
> Select All
> 
> Eric A wrote:
> > I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong but, for example after placing 
> > a TDBLookupComboBox on the form, the combo boxes within the properties 
> > in the object inspector have "disappeared" for the properties of 
> > "KeyField" and "ListField".  Strangely enough the combo box for 
> > "DataField" still exists as do the combo boxes for "DataSource" and 
> > "ListSource".
> >
> > Is this a bug or some obscure "feature" or have I missed a step?    
> > One can still set those properties by manually typing in the property 
> > name but its a pain ....  I've tried an application ported from Delphi 
> > 7 as well as a new application in Delphi 2007 and the behaviour is the 
> > same.
> >
> > Thoughts??  Brainwaves??  Logic of this change in behaviour??
> >
> > Eric
> >
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