On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1 at aol.com> wrote: > Nonetheless there should exist a method, at least in the form designer, > for creating unique names. Where is it? > Have a look at function TCustomFormEditor.CreateUniqueComponentName in ide\customformeditor.pp Regards, Gerard.