[DUG] Creating an object at run time.

[Kyley Harris]

David,

a basic test on a blank form shows that the following code doesn't work
unless registerclass is called first (of course you'd only do this 1 time).

clearly they are not registering these classes by default for streaming.
you will probably find that the Delphi IDE registers them all internally
for DFM creation, but they haven't done it by default for end runtime code.

begin
  RegisterClass(TButton);
  with TComponentClass(FindClass('TButton')).Create(self)  as tbutton    do
  begin
     top := 10;
     left := 10;
     caption := 'hello';
     width := 100;
    parent := self;
  end;

On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 12:41 PM, David O'Brien <Dave at iccs.co.nz> wrote:

> Very frustrating, I'm getting "Class TButton not Found" with the below
> code. Everything in the uses clause is correct: I have a Tbutton on the
> form at design time. The form is in a .bpl if that will make a
> difference?
>
> // Simplified...
> Uses ..., StdCtrls, ...
> Var
>   o: TComponent ;
>   ot: String ;
> begin
>       ot := 'TButton' ;
>       o := TComponentClass(FindClass(ot)).Create(nil); <--- Class
> TButton Not Found
> end ;
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz
> [mailto:delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz] On Behalf Of Todd Martin
> Sent: Friday, 13 July 2012 4:27 p.m.
> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> Subject: Re: [DUG] Creating an object at run time.
>
> b := TComponentClass(FindClass('TButton')).Create(nil);
> propinfo := GetPropInfo(b.classinfo,'left'); SetOrdProp(b,propinfo,100);
>
> > I want to create an object at runtime given a string with the object
> type. Is this possible or do I need to do a whole pile of if then
> else's? There is a limited number of different objects that need to be
> created. I then want to access the created objects properties by name
> and assign methods.
> >
> > This is not for oleobjects, but VCL controls.
> >
> > i.e.
> > b := CreateObject('TButton') ;
> > b.GetField('left') := 100 ;
> > ...
> >
> > Help on any of these would be appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dave.
> >
> >
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Kyley Harris
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