Delphi 12.0 - Cannot find implementation of method ... - Multiline Strings

[BertB 0]

In Delphi 12.0 multi line strings (as described in https://blog.marcocantu.com/blog/2023-09-yukonbeta-stringliterals.html) can cause error message 'Cannot find implementation of method ...' when clicking on a control.

Add a new form to your application, add a Button.

implementation

{$R *.dfm}

procedure TForm1.Test;
var
  Query: string;
begin
  Query := '''
    SELECT COUNT(*) FROM test
    ''';
end;

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  //
end;

Procedure Test is private. The code compiles and runs as expected but during design time it caused me a little headache.

It turns out that CodeInsight (or something else) is treating '(*' as the start of a comment.

Change the SQL statement to

  SELECT COUNT ( *) FROM test

Double clicking on the Button now finds its implementation.

Just wondering it this has already been fixed in version 12.1.

[Lajos Juhász 293]

No, it is not.

 

It also breaks the deprecated code formatter. Unfortunately, we must wait until Delphi 15 to use this new feature.

Edited September 11 by Lajos Juhász
Added remark on code formatter.

[Lajos Juhász 293]

This is now working on D12.2.  (Code formatter is still broken).