Functions

The following table lists functions in this documentation.

	Name	Description
	ActivateClassGroup	Activates a group of classes that derive from TPersistent.
	ActiveClassGroup	Activates a group of classes that derive from TPersistent.
	AllocateHWnd	DeallocateHWnd is used to destroy a hidden window created using AllocateHWnd.
	AncestorIsValid	AncestorIsValid determines if one component is an ancestor of another.
	BeginGlobalLoading	This is function Classes.BeginGlobalLoading.
	BinToHex	Converts a binary value into its hexadecimal representation.
	Bounds	Creates a TRect structure from the top-left coordinate, and width and height values of a rectangle.
	CheckSynchronize	Allows background threads to synchronize their execution with the main thread.
	ClassGroupOf	Returns the group of persistent classes a specified class or instance belongs to.
	ClassGroupOf	Returns the group of persistent classes a specified class or instance belongs to.
	CollectionsEqual	Compares the contents of two collections.
	CountGenerations	Returns the number of intermediate classes between a derived class and its ancestor.
	DeallocateHWnd	Frees a window that was created using AllocateHWnd.
	EndGlobalLoading	This is function Classes.EndGlobalLoading.
	ExtractStrings	Fills a string list with substrings parsed from a delimited list.
	FindClass	Finds and returns a class that is derived from TPersistent.
	FindGlobalComponent	Returns a top-level container component.
	FindIdentToInt	Returns the TIdentToInt conversion routine for a given data type.
	FindIntToIdent	Returns the TIntToIdent conversion routine for a given data type.
	FindNestedComponent	FindNestedComponent returns a component contained within another.
	FindRootDesigner	This is function Classes.FindRootDesigner.
	FreeObjectInstance	This is function Classes.FreeObjectInstance.
	GetClass	Returns a registered persistent class given its name.
	GetFixupInstanceNames	This is function Classes.GetFixupInstanceNames.
	GetFixupReferenceNames	This is function Classes.GetFixupReferenceNames.
	GetUltimateOwner	Returns the top-level owner of a specified persistent object.
	GetUltimateOwner	Returns the top-level owner of a specified persistent object.
	GetUltimateOwner	Returns the top-level owner of a specified persistent object.
	GlobalFixupReferences	This is function Classes.GlobalFixupReferences.
	GroupDescendentsWith	Adds a specified class to the group in which another class appears.
	HexToBin	Converts a string of hexadecimal digits to the corresponding binary value.
	IdentToInt	Uses a mapping array to convert string identifiers into their corresponding integer values.
	InitComponentRes	This is function Classes.InitComponentRes.
	InitInheritedComponent	Initializes streaming of a form file for an inherited root class.
	IntToIdent	Uses a mapping array to convert integers into their corresponding string identifiers.
	InvalidPoint	Indicates whether a specified point is equal to (-1,-1).
	InvalidPoint	Indicates whether a specified point is equal to (-1,-1).
	InvalidPoint	Indicates whether a specified point is equal to (-1,-1).
	IsDefaultPropertyValue	This is function Classes.IsDefaultPropertyValue.
	IsUniqueGlobalComponentName	Indicates whether a proposed component name is unambiguous.
	LineStart	Finds the end of the last whole line in a buffer.
	MakeObjectInstance	This is function Classes.MakeObjectInstance.
	NotifyGlobalLoading	This is function Classes.NotifyGlobalLoading.
	ObjectBinaryToText	Converts the binary representation of an object into more readily understandable text.
	ObjectBinaryToText	Converts the binary representation of an object into more readily understandable text.
	ObjectResourceToText	Converts the binary representation of an object resource into more readily understandable text.
	ObjectResourceToText	Converts the binary representation of an object resource into more readily understandable text.
	ObjectTextToBinary	Converts a symbolic text representation of an object into the binary version that is used to save the object to files or memory streams.
	ObjectTextToBinary	Converts a symbolic text representation of an object into the binary version that is used to save the object to files or memory streams.
	ObjectTextToResource	Converts a symbolic text representation of an object into an internal binary representation.
	ObjectTextToResource	Converts a symbolic text representation of an object into an internal binary representation.
	Point	Creates a TPoint structure from a pair of coordinates.
	PointsEqual	Indicates whether two points have the same coordinates.
	PointsEqual	Indicates whether two points have the same coordinates.
	ReadComponentRes	Reads components and their properties from a specified resource.
	ReadComponentResEx	Reads a component from a resource.
	ReadComponentResFile	Reads components and their properties from a specified Windows resource file.
	Rect	Creates a TRect structure from a set of coordinates.
	Rect	Creates a TRect structure from a set of coordinates.
	RedirectFixupReferences	This is function Classes.RedirectFixupReferences.
	RegisterClass	Registers a class of persistent object so that it's class type can be retrieved.
	RegisterClassAlias	Registers a class that is identical to another class except for the name.
	RegisterClasses	Registers a set of classes.
	RegisterComponents	Registers a set of components so that they all appear on the same page of the component palette.
	RegisterFindGlobalComponentProc	This is function Classes.RegisterFindGlobalComponentProc.
	RegisterIntegerConsts	Registers conversion functions for string identifiers that represent type values.
	RegisterNoIcon	Registers a set of components but does not add them to the component palette.
	RegisterNonActiveX	Prevents a set of components from being made available to the ActiveX wizard.
	RemoveFixupReferences	This is function Classes.RemoveFixupReferences.
	RemoveFixups	This is function Classes.RemoveFixups.
	SmallPoint	Creates a TSmallPoint structure from a pair of coordinates.
	StartClassGroup	Starts a class group derived from TPersistent.
	TestStreamFormat	Identifies the format of a form file when reading it from a stream.
	UnRegisterClass	Unregisters an object class.
	UnRegisterClasses	Unregisters a set of classes.
	UnregisterFindGlobalComponentProc	This is function Classes.UnregisterFindGlobalComponentProc.
	UnregisterIntegerConsts	Unregisters conversion functions for string identifiers that represent type values.
	UnRegisterModuleClasses	Unregisters all classes defined in a specified module.
	WriteComponentResFile	Writes components and their properties to a file using a resource file format.

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