I have a project (ported from Delphi) with some forms in which the IDE form designer does not rebuild (or create in the first place) the .lrs files when the .lfm file is modified. Manually building them with lazres works fine but the IDE seems to either (silently) fail to rebuild them or not even try to build them.

Has anyone else seen this sort of problem?

Thx, Bruce.

No.

The IDE rebuilds lrs files on saving the project, which for example is done before compiling. It checks the file date of all units listed in the project inspector. Maybe you forgot to add the unit to the project?
If the .lrs file does not exist, the .lrs file is created in the unit output directory of the project. Maybe you were looking in the wrong place?

The IDE does not yet auto create lrs for packages.

Mattias

Mattias Gaertner wrote

Maybe you were looking in the wrong place?

Thanks Mattias, that seems to be the problem.

The .lrs file was indeed being created in the project's output directory.

Adding this directory to the include path fixed the problem for this project.

Why is it necessary to specify this directory in the include path as well?

Presumably if the IDE puts the lrs file in the output directory it should already know to look there when it needs lrs files without having to specify the same directory in the include path explicitly. Or am I misunderstanding something here?

Bruce

Normally, the IDE adds $(ProjOutDir)/ to the include path, when the option is enabled (Project / Project Options / Misc / Save .lrs files in project output directory).

Maybe you deleted it accidentally?

Why is it necessary to specify this directory in the include path as well?

You can create a feature request in the bug tracker to add this hidden.

Presumably if the IDE puts the lrs file in the output directory it should already know to look there when it needs lrs files without having to specify the same directory in the include path explicitly. Or am I misunderstanding something here?

The IDE knows. But the compiler must know too.

Mattias

No need to change it, now that I understand how it works it makes sense to leave it as is.

Thanks for the explanation Mattias.

Bruce