Inspex is an advanced set of native VCL grid controls specifically
designed for inspecting objects and other data types in your programs.
From the light-weight TIxItemListEditor for editing lists of name-value
pairs to the advanced TIxObjectInspector for inspecting all published
properties of objects and components, there is an inspector control in
the Inspex collection that will meet your needs.
TlxItemListEditor
The TIxItemListEditor is a specialized grid control for editing a
collection of items using an object inspector style interface. Each item
in the collection represents a name with one or more values along with
various attributes that describe how the item appears and functions in
the grid. Individual items can also manage their own collection of
sub-items, thus allowing the creation of a hierarchy with the ability to
expand and collapse nested items. The values are edited as strings, but
for a given item, the TIxItemListEditor can be configured to provide a
drop-down list of strings, or invoke a custom dialog box to be used to
edit the string value. In addition, the Strings property provides a
simple way of populating the Items collection with name-value pairs,
where the name portion may be a dotted path (e.g. Font.Name=Tahoma) to
create items and sub-tems.
The TIxItemListInspector provides all of the same capabilities as the
TIxItemListEditor, but allows the individual items to be customized in
more ways. Most importantly, it is possible to associate a type with an
item (e.g. string, Integer, TDateTime, etc.). This allows the
TIxItemListInspector to enforce type safety when values are edited, and
to map property presets to individual items. A property preset is a
built-in class that provides additional services for displaying the item
and for editing the item. For example, the preset that maps to TDate
values automatically supplies necessary formatting and range checking,
as well as displaying a calendar to aid in selecting a date. There are
several property presets available.
The TIxObjectInspector is essentially a specialized version of the
TIxItemListInspector with the ability to scan one or more objects and
automatically populate the control’s Items collection from the
properties of the inspected objects. Property types are also
automatically established so that property presets are utilized to
enhance the display and editing capabilities of each item. The
TIxObjectInspector even predefines a set of common categories which can
be used to arrange properties into category groups. The
TIxObjectInspector also offers additional services such as the ability
to display and edit string list and collection properties directly in
the grid, to add calculated properties to the collection, and to control
item visibility by setting up filters.
TlxDBInspector
The TIxDBInspector is similar to the TIxObjectInspector, but instead of
inspecting objects, this control is designed for inspecting datasets. In
its simplest form, the TIxDBInspector is connected to a TDataSource and
the control automatically populates the Items collection with the
fields from the referenced dataset. Like the TIxItemListInspector, types
can then be associated with each item to provide more advanced display
and editing behaviors. An item can even reference a separate dataset to
provide hierarchical data-access. The TIxDBInspector also supports
mixing non-data-aware and data-aware items, filtering and categorizing
fields, and inspecting multiple records.
Try Inspex Today
The Inspex Trial Edition is provided as a courtesy to potential
customers who are interested in evaluating the components included in
this product. Applications built with the components will only operate
when launched from the RAD Studio IDE. To distribute applications
created with Inspex, you must purchase the retail version.
To Install the Trial Edition
Simply download the zip file and extract the contents of the zip file
to reveal the Readme.txt, License.txt, and IX2Trial.exe files. Please
read the Readme.txt and License.txt files. To install the components,
simply run the IX2Trial.exe installation program and follow the
directions.
Download IX2Trial.zip
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