FormDesigner Namespace

Classes

Name	Description
EFormDesigner	General purpose exception class raised by the TAdvCustomForm​Designer component when some internal error occur.
TAdvCustomForm​Designer	Component used to allow runtime form design.
TAdvFormDesigner	Component used to allow runtime form designing.
TComponentContainer	Container control for non-visual components in designer
TFDReader	A special TReader descendant used by the designer to load/save the form content in streams.
TGrabHandle	A visual control that represents a grab handle in the designer.
TGrabHandles	Internal component that encapsulates and represents the grab handles used in form designing.
TIDEComponentEditor	Base class for creating custom component editor and context menus for the form designer.

Class References

Name	Description
TIDEComponent​Editor​Class	TIDEComponent​Editor​Class is any class reference that descends from TIDEComponent​Editor.​

Enumerations

Name	Description
TAlignmentPalette​Option	Lists some options used to configure the alignment palette used by form designer.
TAlignMode	Enumerates possible ways for aligning selected controls in form designer, either in vertical or horizontal aligning.
TChildrenMode	Specifies the behavior in some control flagging operation, like locking or protecting a control.
TDFMFormat	Indicates the format used to save/load the forms to/from streams and dfm files.
TEditBehaviour	Indicates how a control should be treated by the form designer for editing purposes.
TGrabMode	Indicates the position of the grabs relative to the control bounds.
TGrabPosition	Indicates the position of the control's grab handle.
TGrabType	Internal type indicating the type of grab handle to be painted.
THintMode	Internal type for hint window offset.
TLinePosition	Enumerates alignment lines used by the form designer. An alignment line is a line that is displayed when the selected controls are being resized/moved in the designer in order to help end-user to have a reference of the controls position.
TListType	Type for controls list editor.
TMessageProcessor	Specifies how the form designer hooks windows messages (specially mouse and keyboard) to process them.
TMouseAction	Indicates the current operation being performed by the mouse.
TMoveLimitMode	Specifies the boundaries of the mouse cursor when the end-user is moving/resizing the selected controls.
TProtectMode	Specifies the protection mode that applies to controls flagged as protected.
TSizeMode	Enumerates possible ways for resizing selected controls, either in width or height.

Types

Name	Description
TComponentBehaviour​Event	This event is fired for every control being edited in form designer, and allows programmer to specify the edit behavior for each individual control.
TComponentBitmap​Event	Event used to provide a bitmap associated with a specified component. Can be used, for example, to set an icon for the non-visual components.
TComponentClipboard​Event	Event fired when a clipboard operation (copy or paste) is performed for the specified component.
TComponentEditable​Event	Allows programmer to define if a specified non-visual component is editable or not.
TComponentNotify​Event	An event type that receives a reference to a TComponent object.
TComponentPopupEvent	TComponentPopupEvent is fired when the end-user performs a right-click in the form designer. This is an opportunity to popup your own menu, or even perform a different operation.
TComponentTextEvent	Event used to provide a text string associated with a specified component. Usually used to provide caption or hint for a component.
TControlNotifyEvent	An event type that receives a reference to a TControl object.
TCreateComponent​Class​Event	Events of this type allows the programmer to provide a self created component of TComponentClass or to do something before the component is created.
TCustomizeGrabsEvent	Allows specifying which grab handles will be visible/invisible and enabled/disabled.
TDesignerMessage​Event	An event type used to handle windows messages.
TFormEvent	Events of this type can receive a reference to a form object.
TLoadSaveEvent	Deprecated event type.
TMoveLimitEvent	TMoveLimitEvent type is used to retrieve a rect with move limit boundaries.
TRectEvent	Events of this type allows the programmer to provide a rectangle/boundaries value.
TSizeLimitEvent	TSizeLimitEvent type is used to provide minimum and maximum width and height for the control being resized.

Methods

Name	Description
RegisterIDEComponent​Editor	Registers an IDE component editor for a specified component class.