The OnCreateItemClass event was introduced to TListView a few versions of Delphi ago, you've probably never noticed it but it's a big improvement on using the Data property on a TListItem - If you have no idea what I'm talking about then you need to watch my video on OnCreateItemClass here. It is about 9 minutes long.
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