Re: Set the CheckBox.Checked without the OnClick being called

In news:1181570444.150663.62240@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
alanglloyd@xxxxxxx <alanglloyd@xxxxxxx> typed:

Values should NEVER be allocated to Tag in the IDE, ONLY in code. With
appropriate comments if necessary.

Oh, I don't know - I use the Tag property with menus. Set the tag of each
TMenuItem in ascending order, and then use one procedure to handle all
menuitemclick() events, ie:

Procedure TForm1.MenuItemClick(Sender: TObject);
Begin

Case (Sender As TComponent).Tag of

0: // New File
1: // Open File
2: // Save File

End;

End;

Etc etc.

I know you lot will probably find that to be very much an inelegant solution
(and possibly bad form to boot), but I really like having all my menu
handlers in one proc, rather than tens of small ones. It's also useful in
that I can set the Tag property of other controls and call that procedure if
I want it to replicate a menu function when an event occurs.

The drawback, of course, is that I have to look up which tag value goes with
which menu item/control, and that the tag is then unavailable if I want it
elsewhere.

D.


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