How to access properties and methods in the PROTECTED section of a class.
This one really is simple. It is also very well known, but I'll include it here
just for all those people who don't know how to do it.
For example, if you needed to access the canvas property of a DBGrid, you
would do the following :
type
THackDBGrid = Class(DBGrid);
Then, whenever you need to access the Canvas property of your DBGrid you would
typecast it as a THackDBGrid, like so :
with THackDBGrid(DBGrid1).Canvas do