TFieldDataLink Members

The following tables list the members exposed by TFieldDataLink.

	Name	Description
	ActiveChanged	Generates an OnActiveChanged event.
	AssignTo	Copies the properties of an object to a destination object.
	CheckBrowseMode	Allows the data-aware object to respond just before an event that changes the dataset state.
	DataEvent	This is DataEvent, a member of class TFieldDataLink.
	DataSetChanged	Responds to changes in the dataset.
	DataSetScrolled	Allows a response to scrolling the representation of the dataset within the data-aware object.
	DefineProperties	Provides an interface for a method that reads and writes otherwise unpublished data.
	EditingChanged	Enforces the CanModify property when the field binding changes.
	FocusControl	Sets the input focus to Control.
	GetActiveRecord	This is GetActiveRecord, a member of class TDataLink.
	GetBOF	This is GetBOF, a member of class TDataLink.
	GetBufferCount	This is GetBufferCount, a member of class TDataLink.
	GetEOF	This is GetEOF, a member of class TDataLink.
	GetOwner	Returns the owner of an object.
	GetRecordCount	This is GetRecordCount, a member of class TDataLink.
	LayoutChanged	Ensures that the Field property is valid after changes in the layout of a container of the Control for this TFieldDataLink.
	MoveBy	Repositions the dataset to another record relative to its active record.
	RecordChanged	Generates an OnDataChange event.
	SetActiveRecord	This is SetActiveRecord, a member of class TDataLink.
	SetBufferCount	This is SetBufferCount, a member of class TDataLink.
	UpdateData	Generates an OnUpdateData event.

Protected Properties

	Name	Description
	VisualControl	Indicates whether a visual control uses the datalink.

Public Events

	Name	Description
	OnActiveChange	Occurs when the Active property of the TFieldDataLink changes.
	OnDataChange	Occurs when the contents of the dataset change.
	OnEditingChange	Occurs after the DataSource transitions into or out of an editing state.
	OnUpdateData	Occurs when it is time to post any pending changes to the dataset.

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 an instance of TFieldDataLink.
	DefaultHandler	Provides the interface for a method that processes message records.
	Destroy	Destroys the TPersistent instance and frees its memory.
	Destroy	Destroys an instance of TDataLink.
	Destroy	Disposes of an object instance.
	Dispatch	Calls message-handling methods for the object, based on the contents of the Message parameter.
	Edit	Attempts to drive the DataSource into an editing state if it is not already in one.
	ExecuteAction	Invokes an action with the datasource as its target.
	FieldAddress	Returns the address of a published object field.
	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.
	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.
	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 MethodAddress, a member of class TObject.
	MethodName	This is MethodName, a member of class TObject.
	Modified	Keeps track of changes made to the data for this field that are not yet written to the record in the dataset.
	NewInstance	Allocates memory for an instance of an object type and returns a pointer to that new instance.
	Reset	Ignores all pending changes and generates an OnDataChange event.
	SafeCallException	Handles exceptions in methods declared using the safecall calling convention.
	UpdateAction	Updates an action to reflect the current state of the TDataLink.
	UpdateRecord	Responds to notifications that edits should be posted to the dataset.

Public Properties

	Name	Description
	Active	Specifies whether the dataset that TDataLink manages is active.
	ActiveRecord	Specifies the index of the current record within the internal record buffer maintained by the dataset for the Owner of the TDataLink object.
	BOF	Indicates whether the first record in a dataset is active.
	BufferCount	Specifies the number of records cached by the dataset for the Owner of the TDataLink object.
	CanModify	Indicates whether the Control can modify a field in the database table managed by TFieldDataLink.
	Control	Specifies the data-aware component that uses this TFieldDataLink object to manage its link to a TField object.
	DataSet	Specifies the TDataSet object that represents the data that this TDataLink is tracking.
	DataSource	Specifies the TDataSource object that the Owner of the TDataLink uses to connect to the dataset.
	DataSourceFixed	Indicates whether the DataSource property can be set.
	Editing	Indicates whether the dataset that contains the associated field is in edit mode.
	Eof	Indicates whether the last record in a dataset is active.
	Field	Specifies the field component managed by this TFieldDataLink object.
	FieldName	Specifies the name of the field to which the Control of this TFieldDataLink is bound.
	ReadOnly	Indicates whether the dataset for this TDataLink can be modified.
	RecordCount	Indicates the number of records in the internal record buffer maintained by the dataset.

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