MDI-parent caption

TForm(myForm.Owner).Caption

Regards Jacco

MyForm.Parent returns a Twincontrol, it does not include the information about Caption. So you cast it to TForm, this TForm.Caption is nil, it's normal.

if you want to get the mainform's caption, you needn't use Parent property. In your child form unit, you add a uses clause
to allow you directly use mainform. for example:
mainform unit name:main.pas
var
   mainform:TMainForm;
.

in your child form unit file:

.
implementation
uses main;
.

// str:=TForm(MyForm.Parent).Caption;
// change to:
   str:=mainform.caption;
.

Everything will ok!

To Jaccu:
Nop same problem the caption is by Delphi said to be ''. Read buboi's comment to see why.

To Buboi:
That's what I would have done, but I'm writing a component which need's eighter the owner's caption (if it is a non-MDI) or the owner's parent (if it is MDI) so it is impossible to use USES in this case, any other clues?

Hmm by the way. If it was a cast-problem why don't this work:

Self.Parent

It also returns nil.
Is the property I'm looking for owner?????
I'm getting more and more confused. I thought I knew Delphi quite well.

Yepp!

Two other options:

1)
Application.MainForm.Caption := 'My new caption'

2)
for iForm:=0 to Screen.FormCount-1 do
  for iChild:=0 to Screen.Forms[iForm].MDIChildCount-1 do
    if Screen.Forms[iForm].MDIChildren[iChild]=Self then
      Screen.Forms[iForm].Caption:='Hallo';

Regards Jacco