TButtonCategory Members

The following tables list the members exposed by TButtonCategory.

	Name	Description
	AssignTo	Copies the properties of an object to a destination object.
	Changed	Updates the collection to reflect changes to the collection item.
	DefineProperties	Provides an interface for a method that reads and writes otherwise unpublished data.
	GetDisplayName	Returns the name of the collection item as it appears in the collection editor.
	GetFirstSibling	This is GetFirstSibling, a member of class TBaseItem.
	GetLastSibling	This is GetLastSibling, a member of class TBaseItem.
	GetNextSibling	This is GetNextSibling, a member of class TBaseItem.
	GetOwner	Returns the collection to which this item belongs.
	GetOwner	Returns the owner of an object.
	GetPrevSibling	This is GetPrevSibling, a member of class TBaseItem.
	SetCollection	Sets the value of the Collection property.
	SetDisplayName	Sets the name of the collection item as it appears in the collection editor.
	SetIndex	Moves the collection item to a specified position in the parent collection.

Public Methods

	Name	Description
	AfterConstruction	Responds after the last constructor has executed.
	Assign	Copies the contents of another, similar object.
	BeforeDestruction	Responds before the first destructor executes.
	ClassInfo	Returns a pointer to the runtime type information (RTTI) table for the object type.
	ClassName	Returns a string indicating the type of the object instance (as opposed to the type of the variable passed as an argument).
	ClassNameIs	Determines whether an object is of a specific type.
	ClassParent	Returns the type of the immediate ancestor of a class.
	ClassType	Returns the class reference for the object's class.
	CleanupInstance	Performs finalization on long strings, variants, and interface variables within a class.
	Create	Creates and initializes a TCollectionItem instance.
	DefaultHandler	Provides the interface for a method that processes message records.
	Destroy	Destroys the TCollectionItem instance and frees its memory.
	Dispatch	Calls message-handling methods for the object, based on the contents of the Message parameter.
	Equals	Checks if the current instance and the parameter are equal.
	FieldAddress	This is the overview for the FieldAddress method overload.
	Free	Destroys an object and frees its associated memory, if necessary.
	FreeInstance	Deallocates memory allocated by a previous call to the System::TObject::NewInstance method.
	GetButtonRect	This is GetButtonRect, a member of class TButtonCategory.
	GetHashCode	Returns an integer containing the hash code.
	GetInterface	Retrieves a specified interface.
	GetInterfaceEntry	Returns the entry for a specific interface implemented in a class.
	GetInterfaceTable	Returns a pointer to a structure containing all of the interfaces implemented by a given class.
	GetNamePath	Returns a string used by the Object Inspector.
	GetNamePath	Returns the name of the object as it appears in the Object Inspector.
	IndexOf	This is IndexOf, a member of class TButtonCategory.
	InheritsFrom	Determines the relationship of two object types.
	InitInstance	Initializes a newly allocated object instance to all zeros and initializes the instance's virtual method table pointer.
	InstanceSize	Returns the size in bytes of each instance of the object type.
	MethodAddress	This is the overview for the MethodAddress method overload.
	MethodName	Returns the name of a class method by address.
	NewInstance	Allocates memory for an instance of an object type and returns a pointer to that new instance.
	SafeCallException	Handles exceptions in methods declared using the safecall calling convention.
	ScrollIntoView	Scrolls a button to make it visible within a group or category.
	ToString	Returns a string containing the class name.
	UnitName	Returns a string containing the unit name.

Public Properties

	Name	Description
	Bounds	This is Bounds, a member of class TButtonCategory.
	Categories	Retrieves the owning ButtonCategories object.
	Collection	Specifies the TCollection instance to which the TCollectionItem belongs.
	Data	This is Data, a member of class TButtonCategory.
	DisplayName	The name displayed in the Collection editor.
	ID	A unique, permanent index for the item.
	Index	Returns the item's position in the Items array of TCollection.
	InterfaceData	This is InterfaceData, a member of class TBaseItem.

Published Properties

	Name	Description
	Caption	Specifies the caption for the button category.
	Collapsed	Specifies whether or not the button in the collection is collapsed.
	Color	Specifies the color of the category item.
	GradientColor	Specifies the colors used for a gradient fill on the category label in a category button object.
	Items	Specify the button items in this category.
	TextColor	Specify the color used for the font in category captions.

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