Not many answers so far...

Can anybody at least tell me what the general idea and need is
behind this replacement?

Regards,
Kjell Ljungqvist


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<kjell.ljungqvist@...> wrote:

>
> Hi
>
> In my applications I sometimes show the results of queries

directly

> in grids where the grid columns get their captions from the
> fieldnames in the query. I also often use underscore ('_') as part
> of field names.
> However, IB_Components.pas include code which replaces the
> underscore with a space character. Thereby giving the illusion of
> that the field name contains spaces where it actually contains
> underscores.
>
> I would like to change the code in IB_Components.pas on my machine
> and comment out this replace part (code below). I understand that
> this is perfectly safe in the simple example I gave above but

since

> I also do more complex things with queries in other parts of my
> applications I would like to understand why this replacement is

done

> in the first place and what I might run into if I make this change.
>
> Or is there another way to get rid of this unwanted behaviour?
>
> Regards,
> Kjell Ljungqvist
>
> - -
>
> function TIB_Column.GetDisplayLabel: string;
> begin
> if FDisplayLabel = '-' then
> Result := ''
> else
> if FDisplayLabel = '/-' then
> Result := '-'
> else
> if FDisplayLabel <> '' then
> Result := FDisplayLabel
> else
> begin
> Result := FieldName;
> { // I would like to comment out these lines.
> // At least the replace_string part.
> if not isLitCriteria( Result, '"' ) then
> replace_string( Result, '_', ' ' )
> else
> Result := stLitCriteria( Result );
> }
> end;
> end;
>