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Project OBJCLONE

Project Structure

OBJCLONE.DPR
UNIT1.PAS
UNIT1.DFM

program ObjClone;

uses
  Forms,
  UNit1 in 'UNit1.pas' {Form1};

{$R *.RES}

begin
  Application.Initialize;
  Application.CreateForm(TForm1, Form1);
  Application.Run;
end.

unit Unit1;

interface

uses
  Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms, Dialogs,
  StdCtrls, Buttons;

type
  TForm1 = class(TForm)
    Button1: TButton;
    ScrollBox1: TScrollBox;
    Label1: TLabel;
    CheckBox1: TCheckBox;
    Label2: TLabel;
    Button2: TButton;
    Edit1: TEdit;
    BitBtn1: TBitBtn;
    SpeedButton1: TSpeedButton;
    GroupBox1: TGroupBox;
    RadioButton1: TRadioButton;
    RadioButton2: TRadioButton;
    procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
    procedure ClickComp(Sender: TObject);
  private
    { Private declarations }
  public
    { Public declarations }
  end;

var
  Form1: TForm1;

implementation

{$R *.DFM}

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
  AForm: TForm;
begin
  // clone the 'Self' object
  Application.CreateForm (
    TFormClass(Self.ClassType), AForm);
  // move the form and show it
  AForm.Left := Left  + 50;
  AForm.Top := Top  + 50;
  AForm.Show;
end;

procedure TForm1.ClickComp(Sender: TObject);
var
  ControlText: string;
begin
  with TControlClass (Sender.ClassType).Create (Self) do
  begin
    Parent := (Sender as TControl).Parent;
    Left := (Sender as TControl).Left + 10;
    Top := (Sender as TControl).Top + 10;
    SetLength (ControlText, 50);
    (Sender as TControl).GetTextBuf(
      PChar(ControlText), 50);
    ControlText := PChar(ControlText) + ' *';
    SetTextBuf (PChar (ControlText));
  end;
end;



end.

object Form1: TForm1
  Left = 197
  Top = 116
  Width = 358
  Height = 248
  Caption = 'ObjClone'
  Color = clBtnFace
  Font.Charset = DEFAULT_CHARSET
  Font.Color = clWindowText
  Font.Height = -11
  Font.Name = 'MS Sans Serif'
  Font.Style = []
  OldCreateOrder = True
  PixelsPerInch = 96
  TextHeight = 13
  object Label1: TLabel
    Left = 16
    Top = 16
    Width = 161
    Height = 13
    Caption = 'Click on a component to clone it...'
  end
  object Button1: TButton
    Left = 224
    Top = 8
    Width = 89
    Height = 25
    Caption = 'Clone Form'
    TabOrder = 0
    OnClick = Button1Click
  end
  object ScrollBox1: TScrollBox
    Left = 16
    Top = 40
    Width = 321
    Height = 169
    TabOrder = 1
    object Label2: TLabel
      Left = 8
      Top = 32
      Width = 32
      Height = 13
      Caption = 'Label2'
      OnClick = ClickComp
    end
    object SpeedButton1: TSpeedButton
      Left = 216
      Top = 104
      Width = 25
      Height = 25
      OnClick = ClickComp
    end
    object CheckBox1: TCheckBox
      Left = 8
      Top = 8
      Width = 97
      Height = 17
      Caption = 'CheckBox1'
      TabOrder = 0
      OnClick = ClickComp
    end
    object Button2: TButton
      Left = 32
      Top = 104
      Width = 75
      Height = 25
      Caption = 'Button2'
      TabOrder = 1
      OnClick = ClickComp
    end
    object Edit1: TEdit
      Left = 8
      Top = 56
      Width = 121
      Height = 21
      TabOrder = 2
      Text = 'Edit1'
      OnClick = ClickComp
    end
    object BitBtn1: TBitBtn
      Left = 120
      Top = 104
      Width = 75
      Height = 25
      Caption = 'BitBtn1'
      TabOrder = 3
      OnClick = ClickComp
    end
    object GroupBox1: TGroupBox
      Left = 144
      Top = 8
      Width = 129
      Height = 73
      Caption = 'GroupBox1'
      TabOrder = 4
      OnClick = ClickComp
      object RadioButton1: TRadioButton
        Left = 8
        Top = 16
        Width = 113
        Height = 17
        Caption = 'RadioButton1'
        TabOrder = 0
        OnClick = ClickComp
      end
      object RadioButton2: TRadioButton
        Left = 8
        Top = 40
        Width = 113
        Height = 17
        Caption = 'RadioButton2'
        TabOrder = 1
        OnClick = ClickComp
      end
    end
  end
end