Overview of Component Creation

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This set of topics provides an overview of component design and the process of writing components for Delphi applications. The material here assumes that you are familiar with Delphi and its standard components.

The main topics discussed are

• Class library
• Components and Classes
• Creating Components
• What Goes into a Component
• Creating a New Component
• Testing Uninstalled Components
• Testing Installed Components

For information on installing new components, see Installing component packages.

See Also

• Object-oriented Programming for Component Writers - Overview
• Creating Properties - Overview
• Creating Events - Overview
• Creating Methods - Overview
• Using Graphics in Components - Overview
• Using Messages
• Making Components Available at Design Time - Overview
• Working with Frames
• Creating and Using Component Templates
• Reusing Components and Groups of Components