Hello,

I'd appreciate if anyone can help me with this problem.

I have a custom panel component, MyPanel,  with a Published Property
of type String called 'FormName'.  This proptry can be changed during
designtime and runtime.  'FormName' contains the name of a form that
will appear inside MyPanel.

My question:  How do I use the value stored in the property FormName
to indirectly reference the form whose name is that value?

For example, at some point I'll need to change the form's parent to
that of the Custom Panel:

        MyPanel.FormName^.Parent := CustomForm   ??

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,
-Sterling Foiles
-Foundation Software

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function FindComponent(const AName: string): TComponent; :-)

f.e.:

MyComp := Application.FindComponent(MyPanel.FormName);
if(MyComp is TForm) then
  MyForm := TForm(MyComp);

Best regards
Andrey Telnov (RSD software - Delphi Components Developer)

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