[Solved] Extending IDE: How to query required packages of project?

[Pascal]

I am just adding features to LazProfiler (IDE-Addon) and need to know the required packages of a project. I have no clue where to start.

[lucamar]

There's probably a better way but in the last ditch you could always parse the project's .lpi

[BrunoK]

As lucamar says, load the project.lpi as an xml file and read the RequiredPackages list. That seems to be the only place where it is specified.

[Pascal]

There's probably a better way but in the last ditch you could always parse the project's .lpi

 I've hoped there would be something like

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1.     property Files[Index: integer]: TLazProjectFile read GetFiles;
2.     property FileCount: integer read GetFileCount;

for required packages 

[Pascal]

  There is another solution in unit PackageIntf:

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1. TPackageEditingInterface = class(TComponent)
2. ...
3.     procedure GetRequiredPackages(AnOwner: TObject; // a TLazProject or TIDEPackage
4.       out PkgList: TFPList; // list of TIDEPackage
5.       Flags: TPkgIntfRequiredFlags = []) virtual; abstract;
6. ...

[lucamar]

Hmm... You could write a tutorial on how to build IDE-addons and where to look for answers to questions like this (other than eye-grepping the sources). It would be quite useful.

[Pascal]

Good idea. I'll update the wiki.

[Pascal]

Done

[lucamar]

Thanks! Updated my local copy