Should I use delphi tframes for multi-pages forms?

Question

I have some forms in my application which have different \"states\" depending on what the user is doing; for exemple when listing through his files the form displays some data a

Answer 1

Looks like Frames are an excellent choice for this scenario. I'd like to add that you can use a Base Frame and Visual Inheritance to create a common interface.

And to the second part: You design a Frame like a Form but you use it like a Control, very few restrictions. Note that you could just as easily use Create/Free instead of Show/Hide. What is better depends on how resource-heavy they are.