Component Writer’s Guid

Overview of component creation

This chapter provides an overview of component design and the process of writing

components for Delphi applications. The material here assumes that you are familiar

with Delphi and its standard components.

• Class library

• Components and classes

• Creating components

• What goes into a component?

• Creating a new component

• Testing uninstalled components

• Testing installed components

• Installing a component on the Component palette

For information on installing new components, see “Installing component packages”

on page 16-10 of the Developer’s Guide.-Overview of component creation

This chapter provides an overview of component design and the process of writing

components for Delphi applications. The material here assumes that you are familiar

with Delphi and its standard components.

•　 Class library

•　 Components and classes

•　 Creating components

•　 What goes into a component?

•　 Creating a new component

•　 Testing uninstalled components

•　 Testing installed components

•　 Installing a component on the Component palette

For information on installing new components, see “Installing component packages”

on page 16-10 of the Developer’s Guide.