how to get a pseudo-design mode at run-time

[David Schwartz 426]

I'm working with TMS Web Core, which pretty much mirrors the VCL. 

 

I want to be able to switch between a "configuration" mode and a "run" mode.

 

So say you click an Admin button somewhere and it flips a switch so that whenever you click on something it sends the object's instance pointer to a single handler rather than activating the normal mouse events. Then depending on the object selected, a property form will popup that lets you change certain properties. Some of the properties represent meta-data, and some are actual content. For example, if you click on a box that represents a video, then it will ask for a link to a video and a thumbnail. If you click on a text box, then it will ask you for the text you want to display.

 

I don't need a full designer, as I don't want to move anything around. I just want to suppress the normal mouse events and route everything through a single handler.

 

If this was just a normal Delphi VCL app, what's the best way to handle this at run-time? (No IDE is running, just the EXE.)

[Guest]

 

5 hours ago, David Schwartz said:

If this was just a normal Delphi VCL app, what's the best way to handle this at run-time? (No IDE is running, just the EXE.)

Perhaps:

https://www.greatis.com/delphicb/formdes/

 

I have not used it myself/not affiliated.

[uligerhardt 18]

Maybe using TApplicationEvents.OnMessage like in the attached project.

RerouteMouseDown.zip

[Guest]

@uligerhardt, that looks like an attachment from this forum. Could you supply a link to the original discussion as well? TIA!

[uligerhardt 18]

3 hours ago, Dany Marmur said:

@uligerhardt, that looks like an attachment from this forum. Could you supply a link to the original discussion as well? TIA!

No, that's "original content" that I just created just for this thread. 😄

[David Schwartz 426]

7 hours ago, uligerhardt said:

Maybe using TApplicationEvents.OnMessage like in the attached project.

RerouteMouseDown.zip

Hmmm,  gotta see how that's done in Web Core.