TIndexFiles Members

The following tables list the members exposed by TIndexFiles.

	Name	Description
	AssignTo	Copies the properties of an object to a destination object.
	Changed	This is Changed, a member of class TStringList.
	Changing	This is Changing, a member of class TStringList.
	CompareStrings	Compares two strings.
	CompareStrings	Compares two strings.
	DefineProperties	Provides an interface for a method that reads and writes otherwise unpublished data.
	DefineProperties	Reads and writes the Strings property as if it were published.
	Error	This is the overview for the Error method overload.
	ExtractName	Returns the name portion of a string that is a name value pair.
	Get	Returns a string given its index.
	Get	Returns a string given its index.
	GetCapacity	Returns the currently allocated size of the list of strings.
	GetCapacity	Returns the currently allocated size of the list of strings.
	GetCount	Returns the number of strings in the list
	GetCount	Returns the number of strings in the list
	GetObject	Returns the object associated with the string at a specified index.
	GetObject	Returns the object associated with the string at a specified index.
	GetOwner	Returns the owner of an object.
	GetTextStr	Returns the value of the Text property.
	InsertItem	This is InsertItem, a member of class TStringList.
	Put	Changes the value of the string with a specified index.
	Put	Changes the value of the string with a specified index.
	PutObject	Changes the object associated with the string at a specified index.
	PutObject	Changes the object associated with the string at a specified index.
	SetCapacity	Changes the amount of memory allocated to hold strings in the list.
	SetCapacity	Changes the amount of memory allocated to hold strings in the list.
	SetTextStr	Sets the Text property.
	SetUpdateState	Performs internal adjustments before or after a series of updates.
	SetUpdateState	Performs internal adjustments before or after a series of updates.

Protected Properties

	Name	Description
	UpdateCount	Indicates the number of calls to BeginUpdate that have not been matched by a call to EndUpdate.

Public Events

	Name	Description
	OnChange	Occurs immediately after the list of strings changes.
	OnChanging	Occurs immediately before the list of strings changes.

Public Methods

	Name	Description
	Add	Adds a new string to the list.
	AddObject	Adds a string to the list, and associates an object with the string.
	AddObject	Adds a string to the list, and associates an object with the string.
	AddStrings	Adds a group of strings to the list.
	AfterConstruction	Responds after the last constructor has executed.
	Append	Adds a string to the list.
	Assign	Copies the contents of another, similar object.
	Assign	Sets the strings in the list, and possibly associated objects, from a source object.
	BeforeDestruction	Responds before the first destructor executes.
	BeginUpdate	Enables the TStrings object to track when the list of strings is changing.
	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.
	Clear	Deletes all the strings from the list.
	Create	This is Create, a member of class TIndexFiles.
	Create	This is the overview for the Create constructor overload.
	CustomSort	Sorts the strings in the list in a customized order.
	DefaultHandler	Provides the interface for a method that processes message records.
	Delete	Removes the string specified by the Index parameter.
	Destroy	Destroys the TPersistent instance and frees its memory.
	Destroy	Destroys an instance of TStringList.
	Destroy	Destroys the TPersistent instance and frees its memory.
	Destroy	Disposes of an object instance.
	Dispatch	Calls message-handling methods for the object, based on the contents of the Message parameter.
	EndUpdate	Enables the TStrings object to keep track of when the list of strings has finished changing.
	Equals	Compares the list of strings to the list from another TStrings object and returns true if the two lists match.
	Equals	Checks if the current instance and the parameter are equal.
	Exchange	Swaps the position of two strings in the list.
	Exchange	Swaps the position of two strings in the list.
	FieldAddress	This is the overview for the FieldAddress method overload.
	Find	Locates the index for a string in a sorted list and indicates whether a string with that value already exists in the list.
	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.
	GetEnumerator	Returns a TStrings enumerator.
	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 the name of the object as it appears in the Object Inspector.
	GetText	Allocates a text buffer and fills it with the value of the Text property.
	IndexOf	Returns the position of a string in the list.
	IndexOf	Returns the position of a string in the list.
	IndexOfName	Returns the position of the first name-value pair with the specified name.
	IndexOfObject	Returns the index of the first string in the list associated with a given object.
	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.
	Insert	Inserts a string to the list at the position specified by Index.
	InsertObject	Inserts a string into the list at the specified position, and associates it with an object.
	InsertObject	Inserts a string into the list at the specified position, and associates it with an object.
	InstanceSize	Returns the size in bytes of each instance of the object type.
	LoadFromFile	This is the overview for the LoadFromFile method overload.
	LoadFromStream	This is the overview for the LoadFromStream method overload.
	MethodAddress	This is the overview for the MethodAddress method overload.
	MethodName	Returns the name of a class method by address.
	Move	Changes the position of a string in the list.
	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.
	SaveToFile	This is the overview for the SaveToFile method overload.
	SaveToStream	This is the overview for the SaveToStream method overload.
	SetText	Sets the Text property.
	Sort	Sorts the strings in the list in ascending order.
	ToString	Returns a string containing the class name.
	UnitName	Returns a string containing the unit name.

Public Properties

	Name	Description
	Capacity	Indicates the number of strings the TStrings object can hold.
	CaseSensitive	Controls whether strings are located, sorted, and identified as duplicates in a case-sensitive or case-insensitive manner.
	CommaText	Lists the strings in the TStrings object in system data format (SDF).
	Count	Introduces an abstract property to represent the number of strings in the list.
	DelimitedText	Represents all the strings in the TStrings object as a single delimited string.
	Delimiter	Specifies the delimiter used by the DelimitedText property.
	Duplicates	Specifies whether duplicate strings can be added to sorted lists.
	LineBreak	Defines the line break character(s).
	Names	Indicates the name part of strings that are name-value pairs.
	NameValueSeparator	Indicates the character used to separate names from values.
	Objects	Represents a set of objects that are associated one with each of the strings in the Strings property.
	OwnsObjects	This is OwnsObjects, a member of class TStringList.
	QuoteChar	Specifies the quote character used by the DelimitedText property.
	Sorted	Specifies whether the strings in the list should be automatically sorted.
	StrictDelimiter	Determines how the Delimiter property is used.
	Strings	References the strings in the list by their positions.
	StringsAdapter	Implements an IStringsAdapter interface for the TStrings object.
	Text	Lists the strings in the TStrings object as a single string with the individual strings delimited by carriage returns and line feeds.
	ValueFromIndex	Represents the value part of a string with a given index, on strings that are name-value pairs.
	Values	Represents the value part of a string associated with a given name, on strings that are name-value pairs.

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