Chapter 5. Creating a Lazarus Component
In this chapter, we are going to look at creating new components for Lazarus. We will do this by:
Creating a message-logging component
Adding properties to the components that appear in the Object Inspector window when a component is used in design time
Adding events of the components that appear in the Object Inspector window when a component is used in design time
Learning the basics of creating a Property Editor window
Learning the basics of creating a Component Editor window and looking at the
TCheckListBoxComponentEditor
component are some examples
So let's begin.