(Delphi ActiveX) Iterate JSON where Member Names are Data Values

Demonstrates how to parse JSON where member names are not keywords, but instead are data values.

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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
json: TChilkatJsonObject;
success: Integer;
numMembers: Integer;
i: Integer;
name: WideString;
jRecord: IChilkatJsonObject;

begin
json := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);

success := json.LoadFile('qa_data/json/valuesAsNames.json');

// Imagine we have JSON such as the following:

// {
//   "1680": {
//     "entity_id": "1680",
//     "type_id": "simple",
//     "sku": "123"
//   },
//   "1701": {
//     "entity_id": "1701",
//     "type_id": "simple",
//     "sku": "456"
//   }
// }
// 

// This presents a parsing problem because the member names, such as "1680"
// are not keywords.  Instead they are data values.  We don't know what they
// may be in advance.  

// To solve, we iterate over the members, get the name of each, ...
numMembers := json.Size;

for i := 0 to numMembers - 1 do
  begin

    name := json.NameAt(i);

    Memo1.Lines.Add(name + ':');
    jRecord := json.ObjectAt(i);

    Memo1.Lines.Add('entity_id: ' + jRecord.StringOf('entity_id'));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('type_id: ' + jRecord.StringOf('type_id'));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('sku: ' + jRecord.StringOf('sku'));

  end;
end;