Label Style and Color in DFM

[chkaufmann 17]

Hi,

when I change the color and/or style (italic, underline) of the Font of any control (most of the time it's TLabel), then I get this in the DFM:

 

          Font.Charset = DEFAULT_CHARSET
          Font.Color = clHighlight
          Font.Height = -12
          Font.Name = 'Segoe UI'
          Font.Style = [fsBold]
          ParentFont = False
 

But the added information is only this:

 

          Font.Color = clHighlight
          Font.Style = [fsBold]
 

Now the only solution I see, is to write my own descendant for the control and add my own properties for Style and Color. But even then I would have to suppress usage of these properties during design time in order to leave Font/ParentFont unchanged. Or did I miss something?

 

Christian

 

[eivindbakkestuen 47]

Perhaps explain what the problem is / what is the goal here?

[chkaufmann 17]

The goal is, to avoid values for unchanged properties (Name, CharSet, Height) spread over all my controls in the DFM files. If I want my application using the Screen.MessageFont, automatic update does not work for all controls with different color and/or style.

 

Christian

[uligerhardt 18]

That's how TFont is streamed, at least in VCL: Either you leave ParentFont at True or the complete TFont properties are stored. I hate that too.