Is there any "Configuration" component?

[wxinix]

I am looking for a component that can provide the "Configuration" options capability, something like Lazarus's own IDE Options dialog.

Is it available?

[howardpc]

Short answer: not that I am aware of.
The more complex a GUI drop-in component is, the harder it becomes to make it truly generic and customisable.

A config dialog like the IDE Options in Lazarus synchronises a treeview and pagecontrol, combined with a database engine that saves and restores in XML (but it could be INI or JSON or sqlite etc.)

The principal difficulty with a plug-in component to do this is knowing how to specify the texts, edits, design and layout of each pagecontrol page.

To see how Lazarus does this look in ../lazarus/ide/

The key units involved are IDEOptionDefs, IDEOptionsDlg and IDEOptEditorIntf, though since it is totally customised for the needs of the Lazarus IDE, there are numerous other units required too.

[Edson]

I am looking for a component that can provide the "Configuration" options capability, something like Lazarus's own IDE Options dialog.

I wrote a library to make configuration forms: https://github.com/t-edson/MiConfig

It's basically a mechanism to link a control to a variable and to a XML or INI file. Then you can make the read or write in a block of controls.

You just have to create the configuration form, the Pagecontrols (optionally), the Treeview (optionally) or some other combination of controls for a configuration form. Then put the controls, link to variables and to disk. Finally just control the flow disk <-> variables <-> Config form.

I've used it in several of my projects like:
https://github.com/t-edson/Tito-s-Terminal
https://github.com/t-edson/PicPas
https://github.com/t-edson/P65Pas
https://github.com/t-edson/TitoCad
https://github.com/t-edson/CiberPlex

[wxinix]

Thank you.