What is the accepted way to use frames in Delphi?

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Gustavo Carreno picture Gustavo Carreno · Sep 30, 2009 · Viewed 13.7k times · Source

I was having my usual stroll around and bumped on some frames discussions.

I'm mainly a Delphi hobbyist and not a professional, so I had to learn how to use TFrames my own way which is:

  • Create a TFrame inside its unit.
  • Add that unit to the main form Uses clause.
  • Have a private variable of that TFrame's type
  • OnCreate of the form instanciates the TFrame and attaches it to a TPanel both on the Create and .Parent
  • On one of my Actions set that TFrame.Visible := True and .BringToFront.

This is my practice after some personal deliberation.

What other ways can one use the frames?

Answer

Steve picture Steve · Sep 30, 2009

That's one way, and there is nothing wrong with it. Another way, is to to do it visually. So you can basically add the frame to a form. to do this you :

  • Create your Frame.
  • Go to the form you wish to put your frame on.
  • Add a Frames component (Standard Tab)
  • Choose your frame from the drop down.
  • That's it!

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