Getting Started with TMS FNC Object Inspector

Use TTMSFNCObjectInspector to inspect and edit published properties of an object at runtime. It can show ordinary values, assignable object properties, expandable object hierarchies, collections, lists, and dataset fields.

Inspect an Object

1. Drop a TTMSFNCObjectInspector on the form.
2. Assign an object instance to the Object property.
3. Call RebuildList after changing the inspected object or when the public property surface changes.

Inspect a custom objectPascalC++

type
  TEditorSettings = class(TPersistent)
  private
    FCaption: string;
    FRefreshInterval: Integer;
  published
    property Caption: string read FCaption write FCaption;
    property RefreshInterval: Integer read FRefreshInterval write FRefreshInterval;
  end;

  TForm1 = class(TForm)
  private
    FEditorSettings: TEditorSettings;
  end;

procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
  FEditorSettings := TEditorSettings.Create;
  FEditorSettings.Caption := 'Dashboard';
  FEditorSettings.RefreshInterval := 30;
  TMSFNCObjectInspector1.&Object := FEditorSettings;
  TMSFNCObjectInspector1.RebuildList;
end;

procedure TForm1.FormDestroy(Sender: TObject);
begin
  FEditorSettings.Free;
end;

class TEditorSettings : public System::Classes::TPersistent
{
private:
  System::UnicodeString FCaption;
  int FRefreshInterval;
__published:
  __property System::UnicodeString Caption = {read=FCaption, write=FCaption};
  __property int RefreshInterval = {read=FRefreshInterval, write=FRefreshInterval};
};

void __fastcall TForm1::FormCreate(TObject *Sender)
{
  FEditorSettings = new TEditorSettings();
  FEditorSettings->Caption = "Dashboard";
  FEditorSettings->RefreshInterval = 30;
  TMSFNCObjectInspector1->Object = FEditorSettings;
  TMSFNCObjectInspector1->RebuildList();
}

void __fastcall TForm1::FormDestroy(TObject *Sender)
{
  delete FEditorSettings;
}

Next Steps

• Objects and property events
• Collections and dataset fields
• API reference