TWinControl Members Public Methods

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.
	BeginDrag	Starts the dragging of a control.
	BringToFront	Puts the control in front of all other controls in its parent control.
	Broadcast	Sends a message to each of the child controls.
	CanFocus	Indicates whether a control can receive focus.
	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.
	ClientToParent	Translates client coordinates to parent coordinates.
	ClientToScreen	Translates a given point from client area coordinates to global screen coordinates.
	ContainsControl	Indicates whether a specified control exists within the control.
	ControlAtPos	Returns the child control located at a specified position within the control.
	Create	Creates an instance of TWinControl.
	CreateParented	Creates and initializes a control as the child of a specified non-VCL container.
	CreateParentedControl	Creates and initializes a control as the child of a specified non-VCL window.
	DefaultHandler	Provides message handling for all messages that the control does not fully process itself.
	Destroy	Destroys an instance of TWinControl.
	DestroyComponents	Destroys all owned components.
	Destroying	Indicates that the component and its owned components are about to be destroyed.
	DisableAlign	Disables the realignment of child controls.
	Dispatch	Calls message-handling methods for the object, based on the contents of the Message parameter.
	Dock	Used internally to dock the control.
	DockDrop	Generates an OnDockDrop event.
	DragDrop	OnDragDrop event dispatcher.
	Dragging	Indicates whether a control is being dragged.
	DrawTextBiDiModeFlags	Returns the text flags that reflect the current setting of the BiDiMode property.
	DrawTextBiDiModeFlagsReadingOnly	Returns the text flag to add that indicates whether the control's text should read from right to left.
	EnableAlign	Decrements the reference count incremented by the DisableAlign method, eventually realigning the child controls.
	EndDrag	Stops a control from being dragged any further.
	Equals	Checks if the current instance and the parameter are equal.
	ExecuteAction	Executes an action.
	FieldAddress	This is the overview for the FieldAddress method overload.
	FindChildControl	Returns a child control given its name.
	FindComponent	Indicates whether a given component is owned by the component.
	FlipChildren	Reverses the positions of child controls.
	Focused	Determines whether the control has input focus.
	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.
	GetChildren	Calls a specified method for each child of the control.
	GetComponent	Returns a reference to the component associated by the implementing class.
	GetControlsAlignment	Indicates how text is aligned within the control.
	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.
	GetParentComponent	Returns the parent of the control.
	GetTabOrderList	Builds a list of controls in tab order.
	GetTextBuf	Retrieves the control's text, copies it into a buffer, and returns the number of characters copied.
	GetTextLen	Returns the length of the control's text.
	HandleAllocated	Reports whether a screen object handle exists for the control.
	HandleNeeded	Creates a screen object for the control if it doesn't already exist.
	HasParent	Verifies whether the component has a parent.
	HasParent	Indicates whether the control has a parent.
	Hide	Makes the control invisible.
	InheritsFrom	Determines the relationship of two object types.
	InitiateAction	Calls the action link's Update method if the control is associated with an action link.
	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.
	InsertControl	Inserts a control into the Controls array property.
	InstanceSize	Returns the size in bytes of each instance of the object type.
	Invalidate	Schedules a control repaint.
	IsImplementorOf	Indicates whether the component implements a specified interface.
	IsRightToLeft	Indicates whether the control should be reversed right to left.
	ManualDock	Docks the control.
	ManualFloat	Undocks the control.
	MethodAddress	This is the overview for the MethodAddress method overload.
	MethodName	Returns the name of a class method by address.
	MouseWheelHandler	Dispatches messages received from a mouse wheel.
	NewInstance	Allocates memory for an instance of an object type and returns a pointer to that new instance.
	PaintTo	This is the overview for the PaintTo method overload.
	ParentToClient	Translate parent coordinates to client coordinates.
	Perform	This is the overview for the Perform method overload.
	PreProcessMessage	Returns False, no matter the value of Msg.
	QueryInterface	Returns a reference to a specified interface if the object supports that interface.
	Realign	Forces the control to realign children.
	ReferenceInterface	Establishes or removes internal links that cause this component to be notified when the implementer of a specified interface is destroyed.
	Refresh	Repaints the control on the screen.
	RemoveComponent	Removes a specified component specified from the component's Components list.
	RemoveControl	Removes a specified control from the Controls array.
	RemoveFreeNotification	Disables destruction notification that was enabled by FreeNotification
	Repaint	Repaints the entire control.
	ReplaceDockedControl	Docks the control in the place where another control is already docked.
	SafeCallException	Handles exceptions in methods declared using the safecall calling convention.
	SafeCallException	Handles exceptions in methods declared using the safecall calling convention.
	ScaleBy	Rescale control and its children.
	ScreenToClient	Converts the screen coordinates of a specified point on the screen to client coordinates.
	ScrollBy	Scroll control contents.
	SendToBack	Puts a windowed control behind all other windowed controls, or puts a non-windowed control behind all other non-windowed controls.
	SetBounds	Sets the windowed control's boundary properties all at once.
	SetDesignVisible	Makes a control visible at design time.
	SetFocus	Gives the input focus to the control.
	SetParentComponent	Sets the parent for the control.
	SetSubComponent	Identifies whether the component is a subcomponent.
	SetTextBuf	Sets the text of the control.
	Show	Makes a control visible.
	ToString	Returns a string containing the class name.
	UnitName	Returns a string containing the unit name.
	Update	Forces the control to update.
	UpdateAction	Updates the state of an action.
	UpdateControlState	Respond to state change.
	UseRightToLeftAlignment	Specifies whether the control's alignment should be reversed right-to-left.
	UseRightToLeftReading	Specifies whether the control is using a right-to-left reading order.
	UseRightToLeftScrollBar	Specifies whether the vertical scroll bar appears on the left side of the control.