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The Caption property is buried way back in the TControl ancestor and the accessor methods are not virtual. &nbsp;If you look at the method that handles the setting of the caption you see the following two lines.<br />
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&nbsp; Perform(WM_SETTEXT, 0, Longint(Buffer));<br />
&nbsp; Perform(CM_TEXTCHANGED, 0, 0);<br />
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Since all message handling methods are virtual you should be able to simply specify an empty message handler for you control for each of the two messages. &nbsp;If this approach does not work then override the method:<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; procedure DefaultHandler(var Message); override;<br />
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and do not call inherited. &nbsp;The TControl implementation handles WM_GETTEXT, EM_GETTEXTLENGTH, and WMSETTEXT. &nbsp;GetText should return 0 and set P = '', GettextLength should return 0, and SetText should do nothing.<br />
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I would prefer the first approach as it would be cleaner. &nbsp;Let me know how it goes.
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Take a look at the AfterConstruction method. Maybe you can alter the caption there.
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Dear Experts,<br />
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I simple question please.<br />
I have previously read about this but can not find the article now.<br />
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In my component constructor I initialize my property values.<br />
All properties to take their initialized values except for the &quot;Caption&quot; property.<br />
When settings <br />
Caption := '';<br />
in the constructor it is not working. When dropping this component (TCustomPanel) on a TForm it still has the default caption of &quot;MyCustomPanel1&quot;.<br />
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Please help.<br />
Regard.
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Dear Experts,

I simple question please.
I have previously read about this but can not find the article now.

In my component constructor I initialize my property values.
All properties to take their initialized values except for the "Caption" property.
When settings 
Caption := '';
in the constructor it is not working. When dropping this component (TCustomPanel) on a TForm it still has the default caption of "MyCustomPanel1".

Please help.
Regard.

Delphi 7 :: Component Creation - Set Caption to '' in Create not working

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