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Hi JohnC 
 
 JohnC says:
> 
> "Asger Joergensen" <junk@Asger-P.dk> wrote in message 
> news:MPG.220c37f435e9dd16989a27@newsgroups.borland.com...
> > You should not use FormCreate when You are working with
> > BCB, it is a Delphi Event.
> 
> This one confuses me.  Why do you say it is a Delphi event?
  
Because it is.

> I've been using it for years with C++ code.

So have a lot of us until we got into trouble once, because of 
the creation order.

> How would one use the constructor except through a hook?

If You look at the top of the form unit file e.g. unit1.cpp
You will see the constructor

__fastcall TForm1::TForm1(TComponent* Owner)
   : TForm(Owner)
{
}
//-------------------------------------------------------
  
> I've used this trick to avoid crowded forms.  I agree, it can be very 
> useful.
> The mess I'm trying to avoid is in the code. 

Oooh I see, then the panel solution is no good. 

> What I'm doing is extracting 
> things into objects which will allow me to have cleaner code for the main 
> form and which will allow me to reuse the composite controls in other 
> similar or related applications.

You could also have a look at "Component Templates"
and maybe "Add To Repository" 

I'm not in any way saying that Your aproach is wrong, I'm just
giving You some options. 

Kind regards
Asger