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Hi, I am trying to make small game , but I am confronting with a problem. I have a function that should add a new button to my form when it's called. The problem is that I don't know how to create a new object (a button, a shape or whatever...) and adding it to my form. In Java, this would be fairly simple, but how do I it here ? my header file contains the form class: 
class TForm1 : public TForm
{
__published:	// IDE-managed Components
        TShape *Shape1;
        TButton *Button1;
        void __fastcall Button1Click(TObject *Sender);
private:	// User declarations
public:		// User declarations
             TButton *TestBtn ;
        __fastcall TForm1(TComponent* Owner);
};
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
extern PACKAGE TForm1 *Form1;

At public I've added a test button (TestBtn). The same problem: how can use it ? It must be first allocated (and how)?

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c++ Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
  1. //...
  2. void __fastcall TForm1::example(void)
  3. {
  4.      TestBtn = new TButton();
  5.      TestBtn->Visible = false;
  6. }
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Still doesn't work !It gives me this error :
" E2285 Could not find a match for 'TButton::TButton()' "
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Header required for 'TButton' is missing i think.
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TButton's constructor needs to be passed a pointer to a TComponent (eg a parent form) that is responsible for managing the button.

It is also necessary to set various attributes: position, caption, visibility, the function to be called when the newly created button is created, etc etc. TButton is derived from TWinControl, so some inherited attributes probably also need to be set.

It would probably be easier to create a button on your form at design time, and have your function make that button visible as needed.
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  1. TestBtn = new TButton(this);
  2. TestBtn->Parent = this;
  3. TestBtn->Caption = "Check";
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Ok , this sorted things out a little bit. My next problem is, how to assign each button a different function when it's pressed.For example I do something like this: 
for (x = 0; x < 10; x++)
{
TButton *TestBtn = new TButton(this);
TestBtn->Caption = "My button " + IntToStr(x);
TestBtn->Top = 100;
TestBtn->Left = 100 + 10 * x;
TestBtn->OnClick = myfunction(x);
TestBtn->Parent = this;
}
where myfunction is defined like this in the header file: 
void __fastcall TForm1::myfunction(int x)
{
ShowMessage("Button " + IntToStr(x) + " clicked");
}
I get an "Not an allowed type" error when compiling. It seems that I can't pass a variable like this to myfunction. But, if I do like this: TestBtn->OnClick = myfunction; with myfunction looking now : 
void __fastcall TForm1::myfunction(TObject *Sender)
{
ShowMessage("Button ? clicked");
}
it works, but it doesn't do what I wanted it to do.But how do I know which of the ten buttons is clicked now? How can I pass this information to the function?

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  2. class TForm1:public TForm
  3. {
  4.       private:
  5.            // create temp var..
  6.            int m_x;
  7.       //...
  8. };
  9.  
  10. void __fastcall TForm1::myfunction1(int x)
  11. {
  12.      ShowMessage("Button " + IntToStr(x) + " clicked");
  13. }
  14.  
  15. void __fastcall TForm1::myfunction(TObject *Sender)
  16. {
  17.      myfunction1(m_x);
  18. }
  19.  
  20. //######################################
  21.  
  22. TButton *TestBtn = new TButton(this);
  23. TestBtn->OnClick = myfunction;
  24. TestBtn->Parent = this;
  25.  
  26. for (x = 0; x < 10; x++)
  27. {
  28.     TestBtn->Caption = "My button " + IntToStr(x);
  29.     TestBtn->Top = 100;
  30.     TestBtn->Left = 100 + 10 * x;
  31.     m_x = x;
  32.     TestBtn->OnClick(this/*sender*/);
  33. }
  34. //######################################
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This works only if the buttons are clicked immediately after they're created.After that that , any button I click , it shows the same : "Button 9 clicked" (and that's logic, m_x has the latest value, and that's 9). How to do , to stick to each button it's attributes(here, it's id) ?
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try yhis...
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  2. //######################################
  3.  
  4. class TForm1:public TForm
  5. {
  6.     //...
  7.     public:
  8.         TButton *TestBtn[10]
  9.     //...
  10. };
  11.  
  12. //######################################
  13.  
  14. for (x = 0; x < 10; x++)
  15. {
  16.      TestBtn[i] = new TButton(this);
  17.      TestBtn[i]->Parent = this;
  18.      TestBtn[i]->OnClick = myfunction;
  19.      TestBtn[i]->Caption = "My button " + IntToStr(x);
  20.      TestBtn[i]->Top = 100;
  21.      TestBtn[i]->Left = 100 + 10 * x;
  22.      m_x = x;
  23. }
  24.  
  25. //######################################
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