White Papers - Articles "Creating Synergistic Components with Delphi" James Callan - KOG Webzine (Page 12) Ghostly Button Pushing To test the macro recorder, install TMacroRecorder on the component palette, and lay out a test form as shown in Figure 5. The form includes three standard TButton controls vertically stacked and aligned, placed just left of three standard TCheckbox controls, similarly aligned. To the right of the checkboxes, place a TPanel control, a TMemo control, a TMainMenu, and the TMacroRecorder. Define the main menu as shown in Figure 6. Using the property inspector, set the controls’ properties as shown in Figure 7. Define the click events for the buttons and checkboxes as illustrated in the table shown in Figure 8. Lastly, use the menu designer to map all the main menu options as shown in Figure 9. Run the form. First, select "Begin Recording" to start recording a new macro. Next, press a couple of buttons and checkboxes, clearing out the message dialog that appears after each click. The message dialog demonstrates a programmer supplied OnClick event for each button and checkbox. Next, select "End Recording" to end the macro. The recorded macro will appear on the right, displayed inside the memo control. Select "Playback" to replay the macro as many times as you like. You can select "Begin Recording" to record another and restart. This test program provides a simple illustration of what the TMacroRecorder does. As a production program, however, it is not very interesting. We will next examine a simple child’s game that you may find more interesting. The game, as we shall see, is made simple because of the TMacroRecorder component.