Subject: Re: Delphi, how could you be better?
Hey - try this. It will create an instance of the class specified in the
GetClass call. This is all standard Delphi stuff - it's just not documented
well :
procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
{ This only works for classes registered using RegisterClass
I don't know if there are standard routines for registering *all* Delphi's
standard classes. }
RegisterClasses([TButton, TForm]);
end;
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
CRef : TPersistentClass;
PTI : PTypeInfo;
AControl : TControl;
begin
CRef := GetClass('TButton');
if CRef<>nil then
begin
AControl := TControl(TControlClass(CRef).Create(Self));
with AControl do
begin
Parent := Self;
Width := 50;
Height := 30;
end;
Inc(Id);
end else MessageDlg('No such class', mtWarning, [mbOk], 0);
end;
Anyone with comments/tips on this let me know.
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