PropertyName

Specifies a property for the form.

ObjectName

Specifies an object in the form.

THISFORM provides a convenient way of referring to the current form when writing event-handling programs in a form. For example, this Click Event program for a command button sets the button's caption to the current time:

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thisform.command1.caption = time()

Using THISFORM instead of explicitly referring to the current form by name (for example, form1.command1.caption) makes program code portable between forms.

When creating class definitions, THISFORM also provides a means of referring to the current form within a method. THISFORM lets you reference an object on the form or property without using multiple Parent properties.