Code:

if ReadPropertyValue('Form1.Button1', 'width') > 1000 then

ShowMessage('You are about to create a big button!');

function TForm1.ReadProp(r: TReader): string;

begin

result := '';

{Determine the value type of the property, read it with the appropriate method of TReader

and convert it to string. Not all value types are implemented here but you get the idea.}

case r.NextValue of

   vaInt8, vaInt16, vaInt32:

     result := IntToStr(r.ReadInteger);

   vaExtended:

     result := FloatToStr(r.ReadFloat);

   vaString:

     result := r.ReadString;

   else

     r.SkipValue;  {Not implemented}

end;

end;

procedure TForm1.ReadRes(PropPath: string; r: TReader);

var

p: string;

begin

{Skip the class name}

r.ReadStr;

{Construct the property path}

if PropPath = '' then

   p := r.ReadStr

else

   p := PropPath + '.' + r.ReadStr;

{Read all properties and its values and fill them into the memo}

while not r.EndOfList do

   Memo1.Lines.Add(p + '.' + r.ReadStr + ' = ' + ReadProp(r));

{Skip over the end of the list of the properties of this component}

r.CheckValue(vaNull);

{Recursively read the properties of all sub-components}

while not r.EndOfList do

begin

   ReadRes(p, r);

   r.CheckValue(vaNull);

end;

end;

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);

var

strm: TResourceStream;

Reader: TReader;

begin

strm := TResourceStream.Create(HInstance, 'TForm1', RT_RCDATA);

Reader := TReader.Create(strm, 1024);

try

   Memo1.Clear;

   Reader.ReadSignature;

   ReadRes('', Reader);

finally

   Reader.Free;

   strm.Free;

end;

end;

Only one small problem.

r.SkipValue was protected (in D5) but I hacked that out with the following code:

type THackReader = class(TReader);

{ ... }

THackReader(r).SkipValue;