TShellNameSpace Members

The following tables list the members exposed by TShellNameSpace.

	Name	Description
	FComponentStyle	FComponentStyle is the field of the ComponentStyle read-only property.

Protected Methods

	Name	Description
	_AddRef	Called when an application uses a component interface.
	_AddRef	Increments the reference count for the number of interface references dependent on the OLE server.
	_Release	Called when an application releases a component interface.
	_Release	Decrements the reference count for the calling interface on a object.
	AssignTo	Copies the properties of an object to a destination object.
	ChangeName	Sets the private, internal storage for the Name property to the string passed in NewName.
	ConnectEvents	Establishes a connection using the EventDispatch property as an event sink.
	DefineProperties	Designates methods for storing an object's unpublished data on a stream such as a form file.
	DefineProperties	Provides an interface for a method that reads and writes otherwise unpublished data.
	DisconnectEvents	Terminates a connection that was established using the ConnectEvents method.
	Get_Columns	This is Get_Columns, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Get_CountViewTypes	This is Get_CountViewTypes, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Get_Depth	This is Get_Depth, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Get_EnumOptions	This is Get_EnumOptions, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Get_Flags	This is Get_Flags, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Get_Mode	This is Get_Mode, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Get_Root	This is Get_Root, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Get_SelectedItem	This is Get_SelectedItem, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Get_SubscriptionsEnabled	This is Get_SubscriptionsEnabled, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Get_TVFlags	This is Get_TVFlags, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	GetAutoConnect	Returns the value of the AutoConnect property.
	GetChildOwner	Returns the owner of a child component being read from a stream.
	GetChildParent	Returns the parent, or if there is no parent, returns the owner of a child component being read from a stream.
	GetChildren	Enumerates all child components.
	GetConnectKind	Returns the value of the ConnectKind property.
	GetIDsOfNames	Maps a single member and an optional set of argument names to a corresponding set of integer dispatch identifiers (dispIDs).
	GetOwner	Returns the owner of a component.
	GetOwner	Returns the owner of an object.
	GetServer	Returns an interface for the COM server.
	GetTypeInfo	Retrieves the type information for an object.
	GetTypeInfoCount	Returns the number of type information interfaces that an object provides (either 0 or 1).
	InitServerData	Initializes the ServerData property to reflect the type library information of the COM server.
	Invoke	Provides access to Automation properties and methods when the component wraps an Automation object.
	InvokeEvent	Dispatches an event from the COM server to the appropriate event handler.
	Loaded	Initializes the component after the form file has been read into memory.
	Loaded	Connects to the COM server when the Loaded object is first loaded into memory if AutoConnect is True true.
	Notification	Forwards notification messages to all owned components.
	PaletteCreated	Responds when the component is created from the component palette.
	QueryInterface	Returns a reference to a specified interface if the object supports that interface.
	QueryInterface	Returns a reference to a specified interface if the OLE server supports that interface.
	ReadState	Reads the state of the component.
	Set_Columns	This is Set_Columns, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Set_Depth	This is Set_Depth, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Set_EnumOptions	This is Set_EnumOptions, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Set_Flags	This is Set_Flags, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Set_Mode	This is Set_Mode, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Set_Root	This is Set_Root, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Set_SelectedItem	This is Set_SelectedItem, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Set_TVFlags	This is Set_TVFlags, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	SetAncestor	Clears or sets csAncestor state in the component's ComponentState property.
	SetAutoConnect	Sets the value of the AutoConnect property.
	SetChildOrder	Sets the visual ordering of a child control.
	SetConnectKind	Sets the value of the ConnectKind property.
	SetDesigning	Ensures that components inserted at design time have their design-mode flag set.
	SetDesignInstance	Ensures that components inserted at design time have their design-mode flag set.
	SetInline	Sets the csInline bit of the component's ComponentState property
	SetName	Sets the value of the Name property.
	SetParentComponent	Sets the parent component.
	Updated	Clears the csUpdating state in the component's ComponentState property when the component finishes updating.
	UpdateRegistry	Provides the interface for a method that adds type library and version information to the Registry on components that implement COM interfaces.
	Updating	Sets the csUpdating state in the component's ComponentState property.
	ValidateContainer	Determines whether an object can be inserted into a container.
	ValidateInsert	Provides the interface for a method that validates an child component before it is inserted.
	ValidateRename	Ensures that renaming an owned component does not create name conflict.
	WriteState	Writes the state of the component.

Protected Properties

	Name	Description
	EventDispatch	Specifies a helper object that enables the TOleServer object to handle server events.
	ServerData	Encodes information about the COM server to which ServerData connects.

Public Methods

	Name	Description
	_AddRef	Increments the reference count for this interface.
	_Release	Decrements the reference count for this interface.
	AfterConstruction	Responds after the last constructor has executed.
	Assign	Copies the contents of another, similar object.
	BeforeDestruction	Performs any necessary actions before the first destructor is called.
	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.
	Connect	Establishes a connection to the COM server.
	ConnectTo	This is ConnectTo, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Create	Allocates memory and constructs a safely initialized instance of a component.
	CreateSubscriptionForSelection	This is CreateSubscriptionForSelection, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	DefaultHandler	Provides the interface for a method that processes message records.
	DeleteSubscriptionForSelection	This is DeleteSubscriptionForSelection, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Destroy	Disposes of the component and its owned components.
	DestroyComponents	Destroys all owned components.
	Destroying	Indicates that the component and its owned components are about to be destroyed.
	Disconnect	Terminates the connection to the COM server.
	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.
	ExecuteAction	Executes an action.
	Expand	This is Expand, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Export	This is Export, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	FieldAddress	This is the overview for the FieldAddress method overload.
	FindComponent	Indicates whether a given component is owned by the component.
	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.
	FreeNotification	Ensures that AComponent is notified that the component is going to be destroyed.
	FreeOnRelease	Frees the interface reference for components that were created from COM classes.
	GetComponent	Returns a reference to the component associated by the implementing class.
	GetEnumerator	Returns a TComponent 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 a string used by the Object Inspector.
	GetNamePath	Returns the name of the object as it appears in the Object Inspector.
	GetParentComponent	Returns the containing Component.
	HasParent	Verifies whether the component has a parent.
	Import	This is Import, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	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.
	InsertComponent	Establishes the component as the owner of a specified component.
	InstanceSize	Returns the size in bytes of each instance of the object type.
	InvokeContextMenuCommand	This is InvokeContextMenuCommand, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	IsImplementorOf	Indicates whether the component implements a specified interface.
	MethodAddress	This is the overview for the MethodAddress method overload.
	MethodName	Returns the name of a class method by address.
	MoveSelectionDown	This is MoveSelectionDown, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	MoveSelectionTo	This is MoveSelectionTo, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	MoveSelectionUp	This is MoveSelectionUp, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	NewFolder	This is NewFolder, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	NewInstance	Allocates memory for an instance of an object type and returns a pointer to that new instance.
	QueryInterface	Returns a reference to a specified interface if the object supports that interface.
	ReferenceInterface	Establishes or removes internal links that cause this component to be notified when the implementer of a specified interface is destroyed.
	RemoveComponent	Removes a specified component specified from the component's Components list.
	RemoveFreeNotification	Disables destruction notification that was enabled by FreeNotification
	ResetSort	This is ResetSort, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	SafeCallException	Handles exceptions in methods declared using the safecall calling convention.
	SafeCallException	Handles exceptions in methods declared using the safecall calling convention.
	SelectedItems	This is SelectedItems, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	SetRoot	This is SetRoot, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	SetSubComponent	Identifies whether the component is a subcomponent.
	SetViewType	This is SetViewType, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Synchronize	This is Synchronize, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	ToString	Returns a string containing the class name.
	UnitName	Returns a string containing the unit name.
	UnselectAll	This is UnselectAll, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	UpdateAction	Updates the state of an action.

Public Properties

	Name	Description
	Columns	This is Columns, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	ComObject	Specifies the interface reference implemented by the component.
	ComponentCount	Indicates the number of components owned by the component.
	ComponentIndex	Indicates the position of the component in its owner's Components property array.
	Components	Lists all components owned by the component.
	ComponentState	Describes the current state of the component, indicating when a component needs to avoid certain actions.
	ComponentStyle	Governs the behavior of the component.
	CountViewTypes	This is CountViewTypes, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	DefaultInterface	This is DefaultInterface, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Depth	This is Depth, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	DesignInfo	Contains information used by the Form designer.
	EnumOptions	This is EnumOptions, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Flags	This is Flags, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Mode	This is Mode, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	Owner	Indicates the component that is responsible for streaming and freeing this component.
	Root	This is Root, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	SelectedItem	This is SelectedItem, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	SubscriptionsEnabled	This is SubscriptionsEnabled, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	TVFlags	This is TVFlags, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	VCLComObject	Represents information used internally by components that support COM.

Published Events

	Name	Description
	OnDoubleClick	This is OnDoubleClick, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	OnFavoritesSelectionChange	This is OnFavoritesSelectionChange, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	OnInitialized	This is OnInitialized, a member of class TShellNameSpace.
	OnSelectionChange	This is OnSelectionChange, a member of class TShellNameSpace.

Published Properties

	Name	Description
	AutoConnect	Specifies whether the component automatically connects to the server.
	ConnectKind	Indicates the type of process to which the ConnectKind component establishes a connection.
	Name	Specifies the name of the component as referenced in code.
	RemoteMachineName	Specifies the machine running the COM server when ConnectKind is ckRemote.
	Tag	Stores an integer value as part of a component.

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