Title: Developing a TPropertyEditor for multiline Hints
Question: Normaly a hint is only singlerow - because the objectinspector does not accept #13 - the solution is to define a property editor with a dialog using a memo
Answer:
First you have to define the class for a property editor:
THintPropertyEditor = class(TPropertyEditor)
private
{ Private-Deklarationen }
protected
{ Protected-Deklarationen }
public
{ Public-Deklarationen }
function GetAttributes: TPropertyAttributes; override;
procedure Edit; override;
function GetValue(Value : String); override;
published
{ Published-Deklarationen }
end;
the implementations
for getattributes:
result := [paDialog];
for Edit:
// Hintform inkludes a memo1 and
// an ok button with modalresult = mrOK and
// a cancel button with modalresult = mrCancel
HintForm := THintform.Create(nil);
if Hintform.Showmodal = mrOK then
TControl(GetComponent(0)).Hint := HintForm.Memo1.Lines;
HintForm.Free;
for GetValue:
result := TControl(GetComponent(0)).Hint;
of course you have to register the property editor
procedure Register;
begin
// Type of a Hint = string
// nil stands for ALL Components
// HINT must be uppercase because of Delphi's beeing non
// casesensitive
// THintPropertyEditor is the property editor class
RegisterPropertyEditor(TypeInfo(string), nil, 'HINT',
THintPropertyEditor);
end;
;-)
Peter