TCustomConnection

type TCustomConnection = class(TComponent)

protected

  procedure DoConnect; virtual;

  procedure DoDisconnect; virtual;

  function GetConnected; virtual;

  function GetDataset(); virtual;

  function GetDataSetCount; virtual;

  procedure InternalHandleException; virtual;

  procedure Loaded; override;

  procedure SetConnected(); virtual;

  property Streamedconnected: Boolean; [rw]

public

  procedure Close;

Close the connection

  destructor Destroy; override;

Remove the TCustomconnection instance from memory

  procedure Open;

Makes the connection to the server

  property DataSetCount: LongInt; [r]

Number of datasets connected to this connection

  property DataSets: TDataSet; [r]

Datasets linked to this connection

published

  property Connected: Boolean; [rw]

Is the connection established or not

  property LoginPrompt: Boolean; [rw]

Should the OnLogin be triggered

  property AfterConnect: TNotifyEvent; [rw]

Event triggered after a connection is made.

  property AfterDisconnect: TNotifyEvent; [rw]

Event triggered after a connection is closed

  property BeforeConnect: TNotifyEvent; [rw]

Event triggered before a connection is made.

  property BeforeDisconnect: TNotifyEvent; [rw]

Event triggered before a connection is closed

  property OnLogin: TLoginEvent; [rw]

Event triggered when a login prompt is shown.

end;

TCustomConnection

Abstract class for connections to a server

TComponent,IUnknown,IInterfaceComponentReference

TPersistent

TObject

TCustomConnection.Open

Makes the connection to the server

TCustomConnection.Close

Close the connection

TCustomConnection.Connected

Is the connection established or not