can a single unit have more than 1 form?

[Freeeee 0]

type
  TForm1 = class(TForm)

   TForm2 = class(TForm)

.......

  private
    { Private declarations }
  public
    { Public declarations }
  end;

var
  Form1: TForm1;

   Form2:TForm2;

 

doesn't work BUT if you put the Type and Var statements + an 'end'  under "private'"  or "public"  it does compile.

 

[Lajos Juhász 323]

It is not possible if you want to design the forms. The IDE will show only the visual design for one form. 1 pas + 1 dfm is the limit.

 

You can have multiple forms with the limitation that you create the components on the form in the code.

[Freeeee 0]

thanks.  I was coming to that conclusion.  

having a IDE designed around a forms design screen without allowing multiple forms seems like a bad idea.

I programmed in Turbo pascal on DOS and Win3 years ago and Delphi seemed to be a better product then.

much easier to use.

Am I correct in that that the 2nd and other forms have to go into either the public or private sections?

 

[Uwe Raabe 2160]

10 hours ago, Freeeee said:

having a IDE designed around a forms design screen without allowing multiple forms seems like a bad idea.

You can have multiple forms open in the IDE, each in its own unit. If you want multiple designers for each form, you need to create separate edit windows with New Edit Window.

 

10 hours ago, Freeeee said:

Am I correct in that that the 2nd and other forms have to go into either the public or private sections?

The usual way is to have a separate unit (pas and dfm) for each form. There are rare cases where declaring one or more form descendants in the same unit without the ability to design can make sense.