{$Defines xxxx} not working at design time..

[Ian Branch 123]

Hi Team,

Win 11, D12.1.

They used to, but I have just noticed that if I disable a DEFINE, {.DEFINE XXXXX}, the code between the {$IFDEF XXXXX} & {$ENDIF} no longer greys out the code inbetween.

It used to.

If I create a new project and do that, it works.

Is there somewhere in my projects that I may have inadvertantly switched off that would cause this?

This is an actual example where the code isn't being greyed out:

Regards & TIA,

Ian

[Die Holländer 34]

I have noted something like this by the {$IFDEF DEBUG} switch in D11.3.

When switching the "Build Configurations" from Debug to Release nothing happens.

When staying in the Unit and do Compile or Build nothing happens.

but

When I switch in the editor from that source/unit tab to another source and back it  works and

the editor will gray-out the proper sourcecode.

[Lajos Juhász 287]

In D12.1 the units I have tested the color is changed after 0-15 seconds.

[Ian Branch 123]

16 minutes ago, Die Holländer said:

When I switch in the editor from that source/unit tab to another source and back it  works and

the editor will gray-out the proper sourcecode.

Nope.  Didn't work.

The IDE knows about the {.$DEFINE  XXXXX} because further down code that was enabled by the Define shows as an error in the Structure.

At run time all is as it should be.

 

I have also noticed Conditionals from the Project aren't being handled correctly at Design time either.  😞

Edited April 10 by Ian Branch

[Uwe Raabe 2028]

54 minutes ago, Ian Branch said:

but I have just noticed that if I disable a DEFINE, {.DEFINE XXXXX}, the code between the {$IFDEF XXXXX} & {$ENDIF} no longer greys out the code inbetween.

As this feature is driven by LSP, it looks like the code contains a construct LSP is stumbling about. Do you notice any other problems with Ctrl-Click navigation, error insight or code insight?

[Ian Branch 123]

Hi Uwe,

Ctrl-Click works fine.

CodeInsight doesn't throw anything up.

ErrorInsight doesn't show anything.

 

Ian

Edited April 10 by Ian Branch

[Ian Branch 123]

FWIW, it is doing it on all my projects, even ones I haven't touched in a while.  😞

[Ian Branch 123]

I just checked an old Console App and it is doing the same thing there.  😞

[Ian Branch 123]

I can create a new project and it all works fine/as expected.

[Lajos Juhász 287]

The IDE can be strange from time to time. I have a unit that I cannot edit it. If you try to add a property the editor will jump to another line. The only way to edit is to paste the text from another editor. I have tried to create a sample project to reproduce the bug and report it and failed. When I copy the class that fails in the text project I cannot reproduce the bug.

[Ian Branch 123]

Thank you to all for your input so far.  Appreciated.

The fact that I can create a New project and it works fine suggests that the functionality itself is still there and working.

I opened a project that I hadn't touched for months, it worked fine....

Which suggests something related to ALL my current projects.

I tried adding a new form to a current project and testing, same result. 😞

 

[Ian Branch 123]

Found it!!!

Seems somehow all my current .dproj files have been corrupted. 😞

Deleted and rebuild, all good.

Very strange.

Thanks to all for your inputs, appreciated.

Ian