Getting started

Get a working TTMSFNCTreeView on screen in five minutes.

Add the component to a form

• Design-time
• Runtime

1. Open your Delphi or C++ Builder project.
2. In the Tool Palette, search for TTMSFNCTreeView.
3. Drag it onto your form.

The component drops with three default columns and sample nodes already populated.

Add columns and nodes

var
  n: TTMSFNCTreeViewNode;
begin
  TreeView1.BeginUpdate;
  TreeView1.ClearNodes;
  TreeView1.ClearColumns;

  TreeView1.Columns.Add.Text := 'Name';
  TreeView1.Columns.Add.Text := 'Year';

  n := TreeView1.AddNode;
  n.Text[0] := 'Delphi 12 Athens';
  n.Text[1] := '2023';

  n := TreeView1.AddNode;
  n.Text[0] := 'Delphi 11 Alexandria';
  n.Text[1] := '2021';

  TreeView1.EndUpdate;
end;

Add child nodes

var
  parent, child: TTMSFNCTreeViewNode;
begin
  TreeView1.BeginUpdate;

  parent := TreeView1.AddNode;
  parent.Text[0] := 'Embarcadero';

  child := TreeView1.AddNode(parent);
  child.Text[0] := 'Delphi';

  child := TreeView1.AddNode(parent);
  child.Text[0] := 'C++ Builder';

  TreeView1.ExpandNode(parent);
  TreeView1.EndUpdate;
end;

Respond to selection

procedure TForm1.TreeView1SelectNode(Sender: TObject;
  ANode: TTMSFNCTreeViewVirtualNode);
begin
  if Assigned(ANode.Node) then
    ShowMessage('Selected: ' + ANode.Node.Text[0]);
end;

Wire it in FormCreate:

TreeView1.OnSelectNode := TreeView1SelectNode;

Where to next

• Modes — virtual vs collection-based — choose the right mode for your data size.
• Columns and groups — autosizing, stretching, per-column appearance.
• Nodes — fixed/variable height, checkboxes, extended nodes.
• Interaction — editing, filtering, sorting, clipboard, drag-and-drop.
• API reference — full property, method, and event list.