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PSetting Overview & Usage: Component Properties
Have you ever needed to save the position of a dockable toolbar? Have you ever
wished that you could save the width of the columns of a header control or
a grid? Are your users frustrated because they can't change the color of the fonts
or backgrounds in your applications? Give your users what they want. PSetting makes all these
types of functions seem like child's play.
PSetting sees all. Double-click a PFormSettings at design
time and choose the Properties tab to begin selecting the component properties
you want to store. PSetting will present you with a list of all the components on
the form. PSetting provides an easy-to-use tree view to display all of the
components and their properties. In addition, colorful glyphs make it easy to
see which components and which properties have already been selected for PSetting storage.
A secondary view of only the selected properties exists to speed your development.
Going beyond RTTI.
Expanding the tree for a component displays all of the properties of that
component that may be stored. This list includes all of the published properties
for the component (available through RTTI), plus all of the hidden properties
of the component. A hidden property is any property that is stored by the component
into but that is not published. A common example of a hidden property is the
TStringGrid.ColWidths. No other component of this type exposes the
critical hidden properties of components. Because of PSetting's unique design,
all of these features are available for any component made by any vendor!
Built-in encryption. PSetting provides internal encryption
for information that is sensitive such as passwords or personal user information. Just
tell PSetting that you want to use encryption for a particular property and PSetting
will do the rest.
Even more for power users. You can group properties from
different forms by binding them to application-wide settings. This makes it
possible to easily update all of the fonts, or colors, or any other property
across your entire application with a single line of code.
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