Turning a package into a component

Let's continue working with the HideString example and turn it into a component that gets installed on Delphi's Tool Palette. First, we'll copy and rename the demo project and package over to a new set of folders. Then, we'll use the New Component wizard to create an empty design-time package that gets registered in Delphi as a component and brings in our runtime package. Finally, we'll add some properties and expand the HideString function to be a little more useful and make it easy to configure. Each step is detailed in the following sections.

For reference through these steps, here are the project filenames I will use (everything will be in the same folder for simplicity):

• HideStringComponentDemo.dpr: FireMonkey demo application (renamed)
• HideStringRT.dpk: Runtime package (renamed from HideStringPkg)
• HideStringDT.dpk: Design-time package (new)

Let's dive in!

Creating our first component...