TCustomForm
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TCustomForm is a base class in Delphi’s VCL framework that provides the core window and form functionality from which TForm and other specialized form classes are derived.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| TCustomForm canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13019308 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: TCustomForm Context triple: [TForm, inheritsFrom, TCustomForm]
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A.
TForm
TForm is the fundamental window and dialog class in Delphi's Visual Component Library, serving as the base for creating application user interfaces.
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B.
TWinControl
TWinControl is a fundamental VCL class in Delphi that represents windowed controls capable of receiving input focus, handling Windows messages, and serving as parents for other controls.
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C.
TComponent
TComponent is the fundamental base class in Delphi’s Visual Component Library from which most non-visual and visual components inherit, providing common functionality such as ownership, streaming, and component management.
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D.
TPanel
TPanel is a container control in Delphi's Visual Component Library used to group and organize other visual components on a form.
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E.
TControl
TControl is a fundamental base class in Delphi's Visual Component Library that provides common behavior and properties for visual components and controls.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: TCustomForm Target entity description: TCustomForm is a base class in Delphi’s VCL framework that provides the core window and form functionality from which TForm and other specialized form classes are derived.
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A.
TForm
TForm is the fundamental window and dialog class in Delphi's Visual Component Library, serving as the base for creating application user interfaces.
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B.
TWinControl
TWinControl is a fundamental VCL class in Delphi that represents windowed controls capable of receiving input focus, handling Windows messages, and serving as parents for other controls.
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C.
TComponent
TComponent is the fundamental base class in Delphi’s Visual Component Library from which most non-visual and visual components inherit, providing common functionality such as ownership, streaming, and component management.
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D.
TPanel
TPanel is a container control in Delphi's Visual Component Library used to group and organize other visual components on a form.
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E.
TControl
TControl is a fundamental base class in Delphi's Visual Component Library that provides common behavior and properties for visual components and controls.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Delphi class
ⓘ
VCL base class ⓘ |
| ancestorOf | all standard VCL forms ⓘ |
| baseFor |
TCustomDockForm
ⓘ
TCustomFrameForm ⓘ TForm ⓘ |
| definedIn | Vcl.Forms unit ⓘ |
| hasEvent |
OnActivate
ⓘ
OnClose ⓘ OnCloseQuery ⓘ OnCreate ⓘ OnDeactivate ⓘ OnDestroy ⓘ OnHide ⓘ OnKeyDown ⓘ OnKeyPress ⓘ OnKeyUp ⓘ OnResize ⓘ OnShow ⓘ |
| hasMethod |
BringToFront
ⓘ
Close ⓘ Hide ⓘ RecreateWnd ⓘ Release ⓘ ScaleForPPI ⓘ SendToBack ⓘ SetFocus ⓘ Show ⓘ ShowModal ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
ActiveControl
ⓘ
BorderIcons ⓘ BorderStyle ⓘ Caption ⓘ ClientHeight ⓘ ClientWidth ⓘ Color ⓘ Font ⓘ FormStyle ⓘ Icon ⓘ KeyPreview ⓘ Menu ⓘ PixelsPerInch ⓘ Position ⓘ Scaled ⓘ WindowState ⓘ |
| inheritsFrom | TScrollingWinControl ⓘ |
| introducedIn | early versions of Delphi VCL ⓘ |
| language | Object Pascal ⓘ |
| partOf |
Delphi VCL
ⓘ
linked to:
Delphi (programming language)
|
| platform | Windows ⓘ |
| provides |
core window functionality
ⓘ
form management functionality ⓘ |
| supports |
MDI forms
ⓘ
border icons ⓘ border style ⓘ form activation ⓘ form deactivation ⓘ form hiding ⓘ form showing ⓘ modal forms ⓘ modeless forms ⓘ positioning ⓘ window state management ⓘ |
| usedBy |
MDI child forms
ⓘ
application main forms ⓘ dialog forms ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: TCustomForm Description of subject: TCustomForm is a base class in Delphi’s VCL framework that provides the core window and form functionality from which TForm and other specialized form classes are derived.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.