Re: IDE: Two Columns of Checkboxes for Components in the Project Properties

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 17/10/2025 à 12:13, Bruce Steers a écrit :
> On Fri, 17 Oct 2025 at 10:58, Claus Dietrich <claus.dietrich@xxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:claus.dietrich@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Hi
>
>     Why do we have two columns of checkboxes for components in the project
>     properties dialog since some time?
>
>     Best regards
>
>     Claus
>
>
> I initially though it was to add a component but disable it (i couldn't 
> figure why)
>
> After looking at the Gambas3 code it seems to be referred to as "Manual" 
> checkboxes.
>
> So I would now guess this is so you can add components but load them 
> manually (if and when required) and not at startup to speed up program load.
>
> But that's just a guess.
> Respects
> BruceS

Yes, sorry for having not been explicit about that.

If you check the second column, the component will not be loaded 
automatically at runtime, but the compiler will still use its metadata 
to compile the project.

It's useful when you load a component later in your project with 
'Component.Load()', and need to compile the code using that component 
anyway.

Without that, you will have to add a ton of explicit "Class XXX" 
declarations not to have compilation errors, and won't have the 
automatic completion.

Regards,

--
Benoît Minisini.