Custom Control

[tlhawkins]

I think I've read everything on the net about creating custom controls but there is one thing I cannot find an answer to.

I am creating a custom edit control, not too complicated. I just want the default value of the control to be loaded from an INI file.

I can load from the ini file just fine. I can create the custom control just fine. But I can't seem to access the .Text property of the custom control from within the control. (does that make sense)

I read over the FAQ about custom controls, it creates a custom control to count the number of times a button was clicked. If someone could show me how to make the button Caption change to reflect the number of clicks I think I could use that to accomplish my goal.

Thanks for the help!

Travis Hawkins

 

[towerbase]

Does your custom control have a Text property?

If you are using the TNewButton class then the way to get the button caption to display the number of clicks is to add the line

  Self.Caption := IntToStr(fSingleClickCount);

to the OnClick event handler.


Andrew
Hampshire, UK

 

[Stretchwickster]

If you were to show us the code you have, or relevant sections, I'm sure we'd be able to help you more effectively.

Clive
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