Excellent,
thanks for the info Greg. That should get me under way.
Phil.
From: "Greg Nixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AT tawa on 17/03/99 23:01 ZE12
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AT
tawa@kauripo@CCMAIL
cc: (bcc: Phillip Middlemiss/NZ Forest Research Institute/NZ)
Subject: Re: [DUG]: Component Editors (again)
This is done by using
Designer.SelectComponent(Instance: TPersistent);;
To use this you need an owner which persistent objects don't have. So you
need to override the Getowner method of TCollection and TCollectionItem.
Have a look at the DBGrid code as it may help. You probably also want to
override the GetDisplayName property of the collection item to provide a
custom name for each item.
Another good book for getting into the VCL is Marco Cantu's Delphi
Developers Handbook.
See www.marcocantu.com or www.sybex.com
I bought it from the US for about $100. If you buy it in NZ it is about
$160.
>1). How do I pass a sub component to the Object Inspector (ala menu
>editor)?
>
>2). Do the sub components have to descend from TComponent to appear in the
>Object Inspector? (I am assuming they do, but it would be nice if they
>didn't). The reason that I ask is that I have a whole batch of sub
>components based around the TCollectionItem which I want to make visible
>from within my component editor - I suspect I am going to have to write my
>own version of the Object Inspector for it (if only TComponent descendents
>can appear in the Object Inspector). Otherwise, has anyone already
>implemented this kind of behavour and are willing to share the code?
>
>3). Does anyone have a copy of "Writing Custom Components" by Ray Kanopka
>that they want to sell? It's out of print so I can't buy it new.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Phil Middlemiss
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