The TcxMaskEdit error/validation dialogs do not skin when displayed
Steps to Reproduce:
Use the attached demo and enter an invalid SSN.
Tab out of the field.
An error message will be displayed.
It is not skinned.
Select the ShowMessage of MessageDLG examples and you can see they skin as expected.
Changing the skin name has no effect on the error message from the TcxMaskEdit; however, the ShowMessage and MessageDLG again skin as expected when the skin name is changed.
Actual Results:
The TcxMaskEdit error/validation message box does not skin as expected.
Expected Results:
The TcxMaskEdit error/validation message box should skin like the ShowMessage and MessageDLG does in the supplied demo.
We have closed this ticket because another page addresses its subject:
Support skinning for MessageBox
Hi,
Thank you for the sample project.
This is actually the design limitation of our skinning UI. We don't and cannot support skinning for the MessageBox dialog. Please refer to report S91132 ("Support skinning for MessageBox") for more details.
Thanks,
Serge
P.S. By the way, you're using an older build of our components. Please visit our version info page at http://www.devexpress.com/Support/Versions.xml, to learn about the most recent versions of our products, and obtain instructions on how to update them.
After stepping through the code, I see CodeGear uses the MessageBox method from user32.dll to display exception messages. If they only used the ShowMessage or MessageDlg instead this problem would go away. Thanks for your help and I will see about posting a QC report to have this changed.
Hi,
I would like to suggest a workaround… You can handle the Application.OnException event similar to the following:
procedure TForm1.AppOnException(Sender: TObject; E: Exception); begin if E is EcxEditValidationError then ShowMessage(E.Message) else Application.ShowException(E); end;Will this meet your requirements? I've also attached the updated version of your sample.
Regards,
Serge