TControlItem Members

The following tables list the members exposed by TControlItem.

	Name	Description
	AssignTo	Copies the properties of an object to a destination object.
	Changed	Updates the collection to reflect changes to the collection item.
	DefineProperties	Provides an interface for a method that reads and writes otherwise unpublished data.
	GetDisplayName	Returns the name of the collection item as it appears in the collection editor.
	GetOwner	Returns the collection to which this item belongs.
	GetOwner	Returns the owner of an object.
	InternalSetLocation	This is InternalSetLocation, a member of class TControlItem.
	SetCollection	Sets the value of the Collection property.
	SetDisplayName	Sets the name of the collection item as it appears in the collection editor.
	SetIndex	Moves the collection item to a specified position in the parent collection.

Protected Properties

	Name	Description
	GridPanel	This is GridPanel, a member of class TControlItem.
	Pushed	This is Pushed, a member of class TControlItem.

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 and initializes a TCollectionItem instance.
	DefaultHandler	Provides the interface for a method that processes message records.
	Destroy	Destroys the TCollectionItem instance and frees its memory.
	Dispatch	Calls message-handling methods for the object, based on the contents of the Message parameter.
	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 a string used by the Object Inspector.
	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.
	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.
	SetLocation	This is SetLocation, a member of class TControlItem.

Public Properties

	Name	Description
	Collection	Specifies the TCollection instance to which the TCollectionItem belongs.
	DisplayName	The name displayed in the Collection editor.
	ID	A unique, permanent index for the item.
	Index	Returns the item's position in the Items array of TCollection.

Published Properties

	Name	Description
	Column	This is Column, a member of class TControlItem.
	ColumnSpan	This is ColumnSpan, a member of class TControlItem.
	Control	This is Control, a member of class TControlItem.
	Row	This is Row, a member of class TControlItem.
	RowSpan	This is RowSpan, a member of class TControlItem.

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