TFileNameEdit

type TFileNameEdit = class(TCustomEditButton)

protected

  function GetDefaultGlyph; override;

GetDefaultGlyph - find the default glyph for the SpeedButton

  function GetDefaultGlyphName; override;

GetDefaultGlyphName - find the name for the default glyph for the SpeedButton

  function CreateDialog(); virtual;

CreateDialog - creates the dialog for file open

  procedure SaveDialogResult(); virtual;

SaveDialogResult - stores the result of the dialog

  procedure DoButtonClick(); override;

DoButtonClick - software emulation of the OnButtonClick event

  procedure RunDialog; virtual;

RunDialog - perform the function of the dialog

  procedure TextChanged; override;

  procedure DoFolderChange(); virtual;

public

  constructor Create(); override;

Create - constructor for TCustomEditButton: calls inherited Create then sets some defaults and initialises some variables

  destructor Destroy; override;

  property DialogFiles: TStrings; [r]

DialogFiles - the list of files for the dialog

published

  property FileName: String; [rw]

FileName - the name of the selected file: either the initial value placed in the Text Box, or the value selected from the dialog

  property InitialDir: String; [rw]

InitialDir - the directory from which the search starts

  property OnAcceptFileName: TAcceptFileNameEvent; [rw]

OnAcceptFileName - event handler for accepting a filename

  property OnFolderChange: TNotifyEvent; [rw]

  property DialogKind: TDialogKind; [rw]

DialogKind - should be dkOpen

  property DialogTitle: String; [rw]

DialogTitle - the title to appear on the dialog

  property DialogOptions: TOpenOptions; [rw]

DialogOptions - set of options for the open file dialog

  property Filter: String; [rw]

Filter - the filtering string to help search for the required file

  property FilterIndex: Integer; [rw]

FilterIndex - index value for the filtering string

  property DefaultExt: String; [rw]

  property HideDirectories: Boolean; [rw]

Hide directory name from edit

  property ButtonWidth;

ButtonWidth - the width of the SpeedButton attached to the Edit Box

  property DirectInput;

DirectInput - if True, direct data input to the Edit Box is permitted

  property ButtonOnlyWhenFocused;

ButtonOnlyWhenFocused - if True, the SpeedButton only appears when focus is given to the EditButton control

  property NumGlyphs;

NumGlyphs - the number of available glyphs

  property Flat;

Flat - if True, SpeedButton appears flat rather than three-dimensional

  property Align;

Used to align the control to the top, bottom, left or right of its client.

  property Alignment;

  property Anchors;

The set of anchor definitions for this control

  property AutoSelect;

AutoSelect : if True, the edit control will select all its text when it receives focus or when the Enter key is pressed.

  property BorderSpacing;

Determines the border spacing for this control

  property BorderStyle;

  property AutoSize;

Whether auto-size is to be used

  property Color;

Determine the colour for the current control

  property DragCursor;

DragCursor - the style of cursor to be used during the Drag process

  property DragMode;

DragMode - whether manual or automatic

  property Enabled;

Whether the control is Enabled (read/write). If not, it usually appears 'greyed-out'

  property Font;

The font to be used for text in this control (read/write).

  property MaxLength;

MaxLength: maximum length allowed for text string

  property ParentColor;

ParentColor - should the control have the same colour as the parent? Default is true

  property ParentFont;

ParentFont - should the control use the same font as the parent? Default is true

  property ParentShowHint;

ParentShowHint - does the control adopt the same hinting behaviour as its parent? Default is true

  property PopupMenu;

PopupMenu - a context-sensitive menu that pops up when the right mouse button is clicked over this control

  property ReadOnly;

ReadOnly - the contents of the edit box may only be read, not written or erased

  property ShowHint;

Flag to determine: Is hint to be displayed for this control?

  property TabOrder;

The place this control occupies in the list of tabs

  property TabStop;

Is the control in the sequence of controls accessed by successive presses of the Tab key?

  property Visible;

Visible - can the control be seen?

  property OnChange;

OnChange - event handler for any change in text

  property OnClick;

Event Handler for mouse click

  property OnDblClick;

Event Handle for mouse double-click

  property OnDragDrop;

Event handler for the drop of a control onto this control.

  property OnDragOver;

Event handler for the case when a control is dragged over another control

  property OnEditingDone;

Event handler when editing is done

  property OnEndDrag;

Event handler for the end of a dragging process

  property OnEnter;

OnEnter - event handler for when the mouse enters the control, and the control receives focus

  property OnExit;

OnExit - event handler for when the mouse leaves the control and it loses focus

  property OnKeyDown;

OnKeyDown - event handler for instance when key is down while control has focus

  property OnKeyPress;

OnKeyPress - event controller for a key being pressed while the control has focus. To properly handle national chars use UTF8KeyPress instead.

  property OnKeyUp;

OnKeyUp - event handler for instance when a key is up (not pressed) while the control has focus

  property OnMouseDown;

Event handler for when a mouse button is pressed down

  property OnMouseMove;

Event handler for mouse movement within the current control

  property OnMouseUp;

Event handler for when the mouse button is released, ie "up"

  property OnStartDrag;

Event handler for start of dragging operation

  property OnUTF8KeyPress;

UTF8KeyPress - event controller for a key being pressed while the control has focus.

end;

TFileNameEdit

TFileNameEdit - an EditBox to hold a filename, with an attached SpeedButton that will summon a File Open dialog

TCustomEditButton

TCustomEditButton - base class for TEditButton, an Edit Box with attached Speed Button

TCustomMaskEdit

TCustomMaskEdit - base class for TMaskEdit, an Edit box with characters masked out to avoid unauthorised reading

TCustomEdit

TCustomEdit : the base type from which the TEdit Box is derived.

TWinControl

TControl

TLCLComponent

TLCLComponent - base class for LCL components

TComponent,IUnknown,IInterfaceComponentReference

TPersistent

TObject