TComponent.Name

Name of the component.

Declaration

Source position: classesh.inc line 2146

published Property
  Name : TComponentName;

Description

Name is the name of the component. This name should be a valid identifier, i.e. must start with a letter or underscore, and can contain only letters, numbers and the underscore character. When attempting to set the name of a component, the name will be checked for validity. Furthermore, when a component is owned by another component, the name must be either empty or must be unique among the child component names.

By "letters", 7-bit letters are meant.

Errors

Attempting to set the name to an invalid value will result in an exception being raised.

See also