Creating Components Dynamically (at Run-Time) in Delphi
When we do programming in Delphi we don’t need to dynamically create a component. If we drop a component on a form, Delphi handles the component creation automatically when the form is created. But we can also create components at run-time. Here I would like to explain how we can programmatically create components at run-time. Dynamic Component Creation There are two ways to dynamically create components. One way is to make a form (or some other TComponent) the owner of the new component. This is a common practice when building composite components where a visual container creates and owns the subcomponents. Doing so will ensure that the newly-created component is destroyed when the owning component is destroyed. To create an instance (object) of a class, you call its “Create” method. The Create constructor is a class method, as opposed to virtually all other methods you’ll encounter in Delphi programming, which are object methods. For example, the TComponent declares the Create co...