Strange issues using multiline strings (was "Is it just me?? ")

[Ian Branch 121]

Hi Team,

Seemingly since I installed the D12 Patch:

If I press enter here:

on seemingly any method, or even within the code, more often than not I get this:

Nothing else has changed.  It is repeatable.

Is it me or is there a bug un the Patch/update?

It didn't happen before the Patch/Update.

 

Regards & TIA,

Ian

Edited February 13 by Sherlock
Made the title a bit mor clearer

[Lajos Juhász 241]

7 hours ago, Ian Branch said:

Nothing else has changed.  It is repeatable.

Is it me or is there a bug un the Patch/update?

It didn't happen before the Patch/Update.

 

Unfortunately the parser that the IDE uses is not up to date. I also have some cases where the editor messes up my code I have to pay attention what I am doing. In one class I can add a property only if I paste it from the clipboard entering using the keyboard is not possible.

Embarcadero might replace the IDE in near future (5-10 years from now).

[Ian Branch 121]

😞

[Patrick PREMARTIN 50]

I can't reproduce it on a new project.

 

Do you have a sample project to share it or can you do a little video to capture your screen ?

 

Do you have auto completion enabled or only on TAB ?

[Ian Branch 121]

Hi Team,

For what ever reason, it doesn't happen anymore.

I didn't take notes, but I'm wondering if it was somehow related to the other issue I posted about which has been resolved.  Seemingly corruption of some sort that I couldn't identify.

Unfortunately, I can't recall if I experienced this issue in those Projects specifically, or in others.  😞

Certainly the issue reproduceable and annoying.

Everything is working as expected now.

Thank you all for your contributions.

I will keep my fingers crossed...

 

Regards,

Ian

[Brian Evans 83]

Far as I can tell something causes it to screw up line counting so the line # in the editor and line # the parser sees the code at differ causing it to act very strangely. 

 

No luck trying to create a file that reliably reproduces the issue yet.  

[Ian Branch 121]

Hi Brian,

You may have hit on something there.

I think I first noticed it when I was setting up text within the ''' - ''' multi-line structure.

The 4 files I found the issue in had been so edited.

I restored previous versions of each and all was fine.

Today I was just editing one of those files in the IDE and was in the process of restructuring a block of text per the ''' multi-line structure, when it happened.  😞

I had pressed enter at the end of the text line and got a 'finally-end' back.  😞

I did a test again to see if double clicking on the OnShow Event would work, and no, it now failed per my original experience.

I tried to back out the ''' construct, but the issue persisted.  😞

I restored a 1 hour old backup and it was fine.

Note to Self:  Don't bother with ''' constructs for the foreseeable future.

This isn't a Patch 1 specific issue, 3 of the 4 files restored went 'faulty' around mid-Jan & the fourth around mid-Dec.

Unfortunately, I can't replicate this in a test App.  😞

 

Ian

Edited February 12 by Ian Branch

[Ian Branch 121]

So, the thicken plots....

I have narrowed it down to using the ''' construct with the ExpandedText property of a TTaskDialog.

I create the TTaskDialog in code.

Everything is happy with this:

      ExpandedText := '1.	Wait - The App will try to reconnect until it connects or it has another connection timeout.' + sLineBreak
        + '2.	Cancel - This is a last resort selection and will result in an Application crash and generate a formal error report.' + sLineBreak
        + 'At this error prompt you have the normal error report options.' + sLineBreak +
        'If you don?t know or understand the error report dialog or the options available you should ask to your Workflow System Administrator.'
        + sLineBreak + 'It is strongly recommended that you select these options in the following priority/order => Wait then Cancel.';

As soon as I put all the text into the ''' construct and double click on the OnShow property of the form, It gives me the error that it can't find OnShow.

Interestingly, I didn't get the 'finally-end' inserted as I edited the text.

Edited February 12 by Ian Branch

[Roger Cigol 88]

Hi Ian,

May I respectfully suggest that posts with titles such as "Is it just me?" and "-ummmm what" don't help other users of this forum when they may be searching for solutions to the same or similar problems to your posts.

Surely the title is intended to be a brief summary of what the post is about. You may get someone reading it who knows the answer if you choose your title correctly. 

[Lars Fosdal 1732]

24 minutes ago, Roger Cigol said:

the title is intended to be a brief summary of what the post is about

You beat me to it, Roger!
 

I agree. @Ian Branch Please make topic titles reasonably descriptive of the contents
F.x. 
Is it just me?? -> D12 Formatting issues

Ummmm. What!! -> D12 Form event disappared!

[Ian Branch 121]

Roger, Lars,  Fair comment.  I apologise.  I would edit it if I could.

[Sherlock 636]

Fixed the title. Should the fix be wrong, or if it can be improved. Just holler.

[Ian Branch 121]

Tks Sherlock.