Can't call TBufDataSet.CreateDataSet at design time?

[egsuh]

I have to run the program to createdataset. Hope a menu item of "CreateDataset" is added to popup menu of TBufDataSet icon.

[Thaddy]

Why?
There is a strict separation of design and actual code.

[egsuh]

When I design a form to edit table,  I need actual table so that I can connect data controls and fields of the table. Just dropping a TBufDataSet icon and defining FieldDefs is not sufficient to do that. The dataset must be created, and I hope this is possible at design time.  This function is especially useful when I design both of table structure and operations on the table at the same time, because I have to change the definition of fields frequently as needed.

It's something like the Database Desktop of old Delphi. And TClientDataSet provides that function, AFAIK.

[wp]

Hope a menu item of "CreateDataset" is added to popup menu of TBufDataSet icon.

It is, in FPC trunk.

[lucamar]

@egsuh: You do know that Lazarus also has a Database Desktop, don't you? It's in {Lazarus folder}/tools/lazdatadesktop/

[egsuh]

It is, in FPC trunk.

Wow, they are great news! 

@Lucamar: I didn't know that. Is there any way to add it in the Lazarus IDE menu, like as a submenu of Tools?

[wp]

Is there any way to add it in the Lazarus IDE menu, like as a submenu of Tools?

You can add any external program to the Tools menu by using "Tools" > "Configure External Tools"