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# InitInheritedComponent

Initializes a component descending from RootAncestor

## Declaration

`function InitInheritedComponent(`
`Instance: TComponent;`
`RootAncestor: TClass`
`):Boolean;`

## Description

InitInheritedComponent should be called from a constructor to read properties of the component Instance from the streaming system. The RootAncestor class is the root class from which Instance is a descendent. This must be one of TDatamodule, TCustomForm or TFrame.

The function returns True if the properties were successfully read from a stream or False if some error occurred.

## See also

ReadComponentRes |  | Read component properties from a resource in the current module
ReadComponentResEx |  | Read component properties from a resource in the specified module
ReadComponentResFile |  | Read component properties from a specified resource file