运行时:

//先在窗体上放置: DBGrid1、DataSource1、ClientDataSet1 并关联, 然后:
procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
//ClientDataSet1.ObjectView := True; { 这是默认的 }
{ 先定义两个基本字段 }
with ClientDataSet1.FieldDefs.AddFieldDef do begin
Name := 'ID';
DataType := ftInteger;
end;
with ClientDataSet1.FieldDefs.AddFieldDef do begin
Name := 'Name';
DataType := ftString;
Size := 7;
end;
{ 定义 ftADT 字段, 联系方式(Contact)中包括: Tel、QQ、Email }
with ClientDataSet1.FieldDefs.AddFieldDef do begin
Name := 'Contact';
DataType := ftADT;
Size := 3;
ChildDefs.Add('Tel', ftString, 12);
ChildDefs.Add('QQ', ftString, 9);
ChildDefs.Add('Email', ftString, 15);
end;
ClientDataSet1.CreateDataSet;
{ 添加记录, 这种最方便 }
ClientDataSet1.AppendRecord([1, '张三', VarArrayOf(['9111111', '12222', 'aaa@bbb'])]);
{ 下面的其他添加方法也可用于访问 }
ClientDataSet1.Append;
ClientDataSet1['ID'] := 2;
ClientDataSet1['Name'] := '李四';
ClientDataSet1['Contact.Tel'] := '9222222';
ClientDataSet1['Contact.QQ'] := '13333';
ClientDataSet1['Contact.Email'] := 'ccc@ddd';
ClientDataSet1.Post;
ClientDataSet1.Append;
ClientDataSet1.Fields[0].AsInteger := 3;
ClientDataSet1.Fields[1].AsString := '王五';
TADTField(ClientDataSet1.Fields[2])[0] := '9333333';
TADTField(ClientDataSet1.Fields[2])[1] := '14444';
TADTField(ClientDataSet1.Fields[2])[2] := 'eee@fff';
ClientDataSet1.Post;
ClientDataSet1.Append;
ClientDataSet1.FieldByName('ID').Value := 4;
ClientDataSet1.FieldByName('Name').Value := '孙六';
TADTField(ClientDataSet1.FieldByName('Contact')).FieldValues[0] := '9444444';
TADTField(ClientDataSet1.FieldByName('Contact')).FieldValues[1] := '15555';
TADTField(ClientDataSet1.FieldByName('Contact')).FieldValues[2] := 'ggg@hhh';
ClientDataSet1.Post;
end;
设计时:

这种复杂点的数据可以保存为 cds, 但保存不了 xml, 且 XMLData 也生成不了.