function ComponentToStr(AComponent: TComponent): string; var BinStream: TMemoryStream; StrStream: TStringStream; s: string; begin BinStream := TMemoryStream.Create; try StrStream := TStringStream.Create(s); try BinStream.WriteComponent(AComponent); BinStream.Seek(0, soFromBeginning); ObjectBinaryToText(BinStream, StrStream); StrStream.Seek(0, soFromBeginning); Result := StrStream.DataString; finally StrStream.Free; end; finally BinStream.Free end; end; function StrToComponent(const Value: string; Instance: TComponent): TComponent; var StrStream: TStringStream; BinStream: TMemoryStream; begin StrStream := TStringStream.Create(Value); try BinStream := TMemoryStream.Create; try ObjectTextToBinary(StrStream, BinStream); BinStream.Seek(0, soFromBeginning); Result := BinStream.ReadComponent(Instance); finally BinStream.Free; end; finally StrStream.Free; end; end;