Title: Did you ever need to run a routine by name?
Question: Well, you can do it. Sort of... using Delphi's TMethod you can run a routine by name.
Answer:
To do that you just need to do the following...
type
TForm1 = class(TForm)
Button1: TButton;
procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
procedure Hello_World(Sender: TObject); // Your routines (that you'll run by name) must be here
private
{ Private declarations }
procedure ExecuteRoutine(Instance: TObject; Name: string);
public
{ Public declarations }
end;
var
Form1: TForm1;
type
TExecute = procedure of object;
// The most important routine
procedure TForm1.ExecuteRoutine(Instance: TObject; Name: string);
var
Routine: TMethod;
Execute: TExecute;
begin
Routine.Data := Pointer(Instance);
Routine.Code := Instance.MethodAddress(Name); // Returns the address of a published method.
(*
MethodAddress is used internally by the streaming system. When an event property is read from a stream, MethodAddress converts a method name, specified by Name, to a pointer containing the method address. There should be no need to call MethodAddress directly.
If Name does not specify a published method for the object, MethodAddress returns nil.
*)
if Routine.Code = nil then Exit;
Execute := TExecute(Routine);
Execute;
end;
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
ExecuteRoutine(Form1, 'Hello_World');
end;
procedure TForm1.Hello_World(Sender: TObject);
begin
ShowMessage('This is a test');
end;