SmallDots and D2005

[Mariano]

The property SmallDots doesn't work on D2005 SP2 (with TChart 7.04)

Serching in TeCanvas.pas I see that in function TeeSetTeePen are these lines of code:

if APen.SmallDots then
begin
// Delphi 2005 VCL .Net and Win32 bug.
// TPen.GetPenData uses TLogPen instead of TExtLogPen
// Workaround for Delphi 2005: Set "psDot" style
// Another Delphi 2005 VCL Bug: Setting Pen.Handle leaks GDI Object.

{$IFDEF D9}
FPen.Color:=AColor;
FPen.Style:=psDot;
FPen.Mode:=APen.Mode;

if TeeCheckPenWidth then FPen.Width:=0
else FPen.Width:=1;

{$ELSE}
FPen.Handle:=TeeCreatePenSmallDots(AColor);
FPen.Mode:=APen.Mode; // 6.02
{$ENDIF}
end

But, if I use:

FPen.Handle:=TeeCreatePenSmallDots(AColor);
FPen.Mode:=APen.Mode; // 6.02

Every seems to work fine.

What's wrong with these lines? It's very important for me to continue using de property smalldots the same way I used in D7.

Thanks in advance,
Mariano

[Narcís]

Hola Mariano,

Yes, you are right, it's a leftover from D2005 and D2005 Update Pack 1. This bug was fixed with Update Pack 2 but we forgot to remove the D9 ifdef part.

Anyway it had already been fixed for the next release where a new ifdef is included for those users who don't use D2005 UP2 ({$IFDEF D9WITHOUTUPDATE2}). In the meantime, you can also comment out those lines as you are already using UP2.

[Mariano]

Thanks for your answer.

I have another question. Can I comment out all these lines (marked with $ifdef D9} in TeeSetTeePen or only the ones related to SmallDots?

Best regards,
Mariano

[Narcís]

Hola Mariano,

You should better leave other ifdefs as they are, just modifying TeeSetTeePen as you suggested. I've already e-mailed you the complete modified implementation of this procedure.