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    TStream.WriteComponent

    Write component data to the stream.

    Declaration

    Source position: classesh.inc line 1521

    public 
procedure WriteComponent(Instance: TComponent);  overload; overload;

procedure WriteComponent(Instance: TComponent; aWriteUnitname: Boolean)
                        ;  overload; overload;

    Description

    WriteComponent writes the published properties of Instance to the stream, so they can later be read with TStream.ReadComponent. This method is intended to be used by an IDE, to preserve the state of a form or datamodule as designed in the IDE.

    WriteComponent simply calls WriteDescendant with Nil ancestor.

    See also

    Name Description
    TStream.ReadComponent Reads component data from a stream.
    TStream.WriteComponentRes Write resource header and component data to a stream.