Form Designer Component Methods

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Components each have different methods available to them. Methods available are listed under Objects > [Component Name] > Methods.

The following methods are available to all Component types:

Method	Description
GetPropertyValue	Returns the value of a property of the component. For example: `btnButton1.GetPropertyValue("Caption")` will return the Caption of button component btnButton1.
PropertyType	Returns the type of a property for the component. For example: `btnButton1.PropertyType("Caption")` will return "String", as the Caption is a string.
SetPropertyValue	Sets the value of a property of the component. For example: `btnButton1.SetPropertyValue("Caption", "Click")` will set the caption of button component btnButton1 to Click.

The following methods are available to most Component types:

Method	Description
SetFocus	Set the focus to the component. For example: `btnButton1.SetFocus` will set the focus to component btnButton1.
ShowErrorHint	Show an error hint for the component. Specify the hint.
ShowStatusHint	Show a status hint for the component. Specify the hint.

Other methods are available to specific component types:

Component	Method	Description
Drop Down List	AddItem	Add an item to a drop-down list.
Drop Down List	AddStrings	Add items from a StringList to a drop-down list.
Drop Down List	Clear	Clears the list or memo text.
Button	Click	Triggers the OnClick event for the button.
Edit Grid	CreateDefaultEditors	Create default editors for each field in the grid, based on the field type.
File Open Dialog, File Save Dialog, Folder Dialog	Execute	Displays the dialog modally, and returns True if the user did not select Cancel.
Drop Down List	RemoveItem	Remove an item from a drop-down list.
Form	ScaleToForm	Returns the number of pixels at application scaling.