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I have created a class that inheirits from TDataModule. &nbsp;This works OK. &nbsp;However, classes that inheirit from this class automatically include a bunch of junk in the .DFM file, like font settings. &nbsp;Since these are data mdules, they don't have a font, and thus I get an error when I try to create them. &nbsp;I can modify the .DFM file and recompile, but I have to do this every time I make a change to the underlying data module code, which is a royal pain. &nbsp;How can I inheirit from TDataModule and not have to go through this all the time?
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I have created a class that inheirits from TDataModule.  This works OK.  However, classes that inheirit from this class automatically include a bunch of junk in the .DFM file, like font settings.  Since these are data mdules, they don't have a font, and thus I get an error when I try to create them.  I can modify the .DFM file and recompile, but I have to do this every time I make a change to the underlying data module code, which is a royal pain.  How can I inheirit from TDataModule and not have to go through this all the time?

Data Module Inheiritance

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