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自定义组件1（国外英文资料） The component is the basic element of the Delphi application. Although most components represent visible elements of the user interface, components can also be invisible elements in a program, such as database components. In the previous study, we have been able to according to the requirements of the program function, reasonable selection and application of Delphi provide components, at the same time, also allows the user to define your own component in Delphi, implement related functions. 8.4.1 component basics The components of Delphi are part of the object inheritance tree of the VCL (Visual Component Library, Visual Component class Library), and figure 8.7 lists the relationships of the objects that make up the VCL. TComponent is the common ancestor of each component in VCL. TComponent provides the most basic attributes and events for the normal work of the Delphi component. Each branch in the library provides other, more specific functions. To figure out what a component is, you can look at it in three ways: functional definition, technical definition, and experience definition. Functional definition From the end user perspective, the Component is selected on the Component Palette and the elements that are manipulated in the Form (Form) design window and the Code Designer (Code) window. From a component writers point of view, components are objects in the code. Before you write the component, you should be quite familiar with the existing Delphi component so that the created component fits the users needs. One of the goals of writing a component is to make the component as similar as possible to other components that have been implemented while being used for programming. Figure 8.7 VCL object inherits the tree Technical definition From the simplest point of view, the component is any object inherited from the TComponent. The TComponent defines the basic behavior that all components must do. For user-defined new components, the TComponent does n