Creating magic with the LiveBindings Wizard

Now that you're getting the feel for connecting properties and how LiveBindings work in the designer, the actions of the LiveBindings Wizard will make more sense as it combines several actions you performed manually in the designer. Plus, you're probably now seeing how the data-aware controls in Windows VCL will be replaced by this framework.

Tip

There's a quicker way to get to the LiveBindings Wizard than clicking the button in the designer, but you have to enable it. Select Tools | Options from the main Delphi menu, expand IDE, and then click on LiveBindings. From here, enable the checkbox for displaying the wizard in the context menu. Once you've done this, when you're in the form designer of a project, you can go straight to the LiveBindings Wizard with a right-click and select it from the pop-up context menu.

For this section, we will start with a blank multi-device application. Now, without placing...