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TCustomFileListBox.Create

Constructor for the class instance.

Declaration

Source position: filectrl.pp line 68

public constructor TCustomFileListBox.Create(

  TheOwner: TComponent

); override;

Arguments

TheOwner

  

Owner for the class instance.

Description

Create is the overridden constructor for the class instance, and calls the inherited constructor on entry. Create sets the default values for properties in the class instance, including:

Mask
Set to the AllDirectoryEntriesMask ('*')
FileType
Set to [ftNormal]
Directory
Set to the value from GetCurrentDirUTF8
Drive
Contains the value form ExtractFileDrive, or an empty string
MultiSelect
Set to False
Sorted
Set to True after files have been loaded in UpdateFileList
Items
Sets the CaseSensitive property in Items to True to ensure that file and directory names on case-sensitive file systems are handled properly.

Create calls the UpdateFileList method to load the file and directory names for the current Directory into the Items property.

See also

TCustomFileListBox.Mask

  

Contains the mask for files selected for the control.

TCustomFileListBox.Drive

  

The Drive on which the file is located (applies to Windows systems).

TCustomFileListBox.Directory

  

The Directory or Folder in which the file is located.

TCustomFileListBox.Sorted

  

Indicates if values in Items are sort in ascending alphanumeric order.

TCustomFileListBox.UpdateFileList

  

Loads the list of files and/or directories for the list box control.

TCustomListBox.Items

  

The list of all items defined in the control.

TCustomListBox.MultiSelect

  

Allows selection of more than one item from the list.

TStringList.CaseSensitive

TComponent.Create
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