Question

How can I run some code to change something on a Form in design time?

I have tried this but this works only in Run Time:

constructor TForm1.Create(AOwner: TComponent);
begin
  inherited;
  Form1.Font.Color := clRed;
end;

I know there are “magic” procedures like “Register” and there is “initialization” but I don’t think these can help here.

Please note that my point is not just changing the font color to red but rather doing complex change of the form appearance and I want to see in Design Time.

Answer 1

If you’re going to do a lot of this, or complex manipulations, you’ll probably be better off doing this design work at runtime. Creating property editors is not a lot of work, and manipulating the widget tree at run time neither.