Permanently the "Lock Controls" in IDE

[luciano_f 5]

Every form I open I have to deactivate and activate "Lock Control" again. Is there any tool or way to do this automatically ?

Edited October 3, 2023 by luciano_f

[aehimself 396]

By locking you mean they cannot be interacted with?

If yes, just write a recursive method to walk through your form, disabling / enabling your controls in the process:

 

Procedure TForm3.LockControls(Const inLockControls: Boolean; inParent: TWinControl = nil);
Var
  a: Integer;
Begin
  If Not Assigned(inParent) Then
    inParent := Self;

  For a := 0 To inParent.ControlCount - 1 Do
  Begin
    inParent.Controls[a].Enabled := Not inLockControls;

    If inParent.Controls[a] Is TWinControl Then
      LockControls(inLockControls, inParent.Controls[a] As TWinControl);
  End;
End;

 

[luciano_f 5]

2 minutes ago, aehimself said:

By locking you mean they cannot be interacted with?

If yes, just write a recursive method to walk through your form, disabling / enabling your controls in the process:

 

Procedure TForm3.LockControls(Const inLockControls: Boolean; inParent: TWinControl = nil);
Var
  a: Integer;
Begin
  If Not Assigned(inParent) Then
    inParent := Self;

  For a := 0 To inParent.ControlCount - 1 Do
  Begin
    inParent.Controls[a].Enabled := Not inLockControls;

    If inParent.Controls[a] Is TWinControl Then
      LockControls(inLockControls, inParent.Controls[a] As TWinControl);
  End;
End;

 

 

In Delphi there is an option in "Edit" -> "Lock Controls" but this option I have to disable and enable again for each form that opens, I would like to do this automatically once only and all the forms that I open are already locked I believe it must be something related to OTA but I don't know how to do it

 

https://github.com/DGH2112/DGH-IDE-Notifiers/blob/master/Source/DGHIDENotifiers.FormNotifier.pas

 

 

[Anders Melander 1783]

3 minutes ago, aehimself said:

If yes, just write a recursive method to walk through your form, disabling / enabling your controls in the process:

No, He means this:

[luciano_f 5]

Just now, Anders Melander said:

No, He means this:

Yes  

[aehimself 396]

Hah, I didn't even know this feature existed 😄

[luciano_f 5]

Based on this link, I believe it is possible to create a BPL that can automatically Disable and Enable the "Lock Controls" for each form that is opened.

https://github.com/DGH2112/DGH-IDE-Notifiers/blob/master/Source/DGHIDENotifiers.FormNotifier.pas

[luciano_f 5]

For those who want to fix the bug, the correction was made with CnPack
https://github.com/cnpack/cnwizards/issues/181

 

Edited October 8, 2023 by luciano_f