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Joey · Guest

Hi all
I have derived from TCustomColorBox a simple component (just overriding
DrawItem) and it works fine

now, as i'd like to have the "custom color" (that is the 1st item when
combo Style contains cbCustomColor) different from the default clBlack
(choosen by the TCustomColorBox.PopulateList) i have tried:

Items.Objects[0] := TObject(clRed); // clRed just to select an initial
custom color <> clBlack

both in the Create, CreateWnd and Loaded procedures but while the first of
them shows a "parent not created" error the other two ones (CreateWnd and
Loaded) don't produce the wished result.

If I put the above code line inside a simple Test form create event (of
course with reference to a TMyColorBox object) it works fine but if
possible i'd like to incorporate this feature directly inside the component
source.

Thanks in advance for any suggestion/help about the above