I'm trying to save a DFM or Component file to a datbase and read it back
in. I'm trying
to use the Stream class so far I've not been able to successfully read the
*.DFM back in .I know this can be done. Anyone have sample code or ideas

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You can use the ObjectResourceToText function to convert the stream to text,
and store it as text.

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Yorai Aminov
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This brings me another question:

The DFM files are in Binary format. Can I open them to text format w/o the
Delphi IDE (having my Delphi program do the binary conversion the IDE does)
?

Alex S. Abreu

Yes, using the same function. Create a TFileStream and open the DFM file.
Create a TMemoryStream and call ObjectResourceToText to copy the text into
the memory stream. Call the memory stream's Seek method to place the current
pointer to the start of the stream. Create a TStringList object and call the
LoadFromStream method to load the contents of the memory stream. You now
have the textual representation of the DFM in your TStringList object.

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Yorai Aminov
El-On Software Systems, Ltd.
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