TFieldDefs Members Public Methods

Public Methods

	Name	Description
	Add	Creates a new field definition object and adds it to the Items property.
	AddFieldDef	Creates a new field definition object and adds it to the Items property of this TFieldDefs object.
	AfterConstruction	Responds after the last constructor has executed.
	Assign	Copies the contents of another collection to the object where the method is executed.
	Assign	Copies the contents of another, similar object.
	BeforeDestruction	Responds before the first destructor executes.
	BeginUpdate	Suspends screen repainting.
	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 items from the collection.
	Create	Creates an instance of TFieldDefs.
	DefaultHandler	Provides the interface for a method that processes message records.
	Delete	Deletes a single item from the collection.
	Destroy	Destroys the collection and each item in it.
	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	Re-enables screen repainting.
	Equals	Checks if the current instance and the parameter are equal.
	FieldAddress	This is the overview for the FieldAddress method overload.
	Find	Returns a field definition, given the name of the field.
	FindItemID	Returns the item with the specified ID.
	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 TCollection 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.
	GetItemNames	This is the overview for the GetItemNames method overload.
	GetNamePath	Returns a string used by the Object Inspector.
	GetNamePath	Returns the name of the object as it appears in the Object Inspector.
	IndexOf	Finds the index number of a definition in the Items array from its name.
	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	Creates a new TCollectionItem instance and adds it to the Items array.
	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.
	Owner	Returns the Owner of the collection.
	SafeCallException	Handles exceptions in methods declared using the safecall calling convention.
	ToString	Returns a string containing the class name.
	UnitName	Returns a string containing the unit name.
	Update	Refreshes the field definitions in the Items property array to reflect the current state of the physical fields underlying the dataset.