How to change property values (RTTI)

Problem/Question/Abstract:

I use setpropvalue() function to set property values. It works fine if I set properties that are on first level (i.e.. button1.caption, button1.name,..), but it fails if I want to set properties like button1.font.name or radiogroup.items.text.

Answer:

function GetProperty(AControl: TPersistent; AProperty: string): PPropInfo;
var
  i: Integer;
  props: PPropList;
  typeData: PTypeData;
begin
  Result := nil;
  if (AControl = nil) or (AControl.ClassInfo = nil) then
    Exit;
  typeData := GetTypeData(AControl.ClassInfo);
  if (typeData = nil) or (typeData^.PropCount = 0) then
    Exit;
  GetMem(props, typeData^.PropCount * SizeOf(Pointer));
  try
    GetPropInfos(AControl.ClassInfo, props);
    for i := 0 to typeData^.PropCount - 1 do
    begin
      with Props^[i]^ do
        if (Name = AProperty) then
          result := Props^[i];
    end;
  finally
    FreeMem(props);
  end;
end;

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
  propInfo: PPropInfo;
begin
  PropInfo := GetProperty(Button1.Font, 'Name');
  if PropInfo <> nil then
    SetStrProp(Button1.Font, PropInfo, 'Arial');
end;