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Delphi: Win7 side effect with forms

Win7/x64, Delphi 6 Prof.

Win7 drives me crazy with his side effect. I describe it:

When I force the suggestion with Ctrl+Space, or Delphi do this automatically, the Delphi don't show the suggestion dropdown listbox, he is only bring my all opened forms to front, one by one.

This causes that what I typing is not going to editor window: it is going to any property of the active form, of the active control.

For example.

Ctrl+Space+"ShowMes..."

I don't got ShowMessage with suggestion listbox, I type ShowMess into my main form's caption.

Many times I need to make update pack's because the buttons, caption, etc got "ShowMes" or "Excep" or other property, because I type into these windows...

This function is sometimes broken on win7.

May I can restore the normal working mode without "bring all opened form to front"?

Thanks: dd

Solution

  • You can disable UAC in Windows 7, see here:
    http://www.petri.co.il/disable-uac-in-windows-7.htm

    Also running Delphi 6 in Windows XP compatibility mode should do the trick. See this discussion on the embarcadero forums, it's about Delphi 7, but it's the same issue:
    https://forums.codegear.com/thread.jspa?messageID=204928&tstart=0

    Finally see here how to run a program in XP compatibility mode:
    See: http://www.w7forums.com/application-compatibility-mode-t314.html
    Or: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html