Re: Allow missing components (or detect them in project)

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 09/01/2026 à 18:25, Bruce Steers a écrit :
> I want a way to be able to exclude a component that another component 
> depends on.
>
> I have a work-around but I think this is a valid issue.
>
> In my program I have imported gb.settings and deselected it from the 
> loaded components. (i needed to force lower case default settings file name)
>
> This causes a problem with gb.form.mdi as it demands i have gb.settings 
> also loaded.
>
> My workaround is to manually edit the .project file and remove the line...
> Component=gb.settings
>
> But if i load the project properties page it sneakily puts it back in.
> Then my program gets conflicts with 2 gb.settings versions.
>
> I have gb.settings imported in many of my projects,
>
> Possible Solutions...
> 1. Have another checkbox on components page selections to "ignore 
> dependencies"  so i can load gb.form.mdi and stop it requiring and auto- 
> adding gb.settings
>
> 2. Have another checkbox on components page selections to "Never load"  
> so i can add gb.settings to satisfy gb.form.mdi and it is completely 
> ignored and not loaded.
>
> 3. A generic "Ignore dependencies" option on components page to ignore 
> all dependencies and not auto-add anything.
>
> 4.  er, most other ideas i'm having are turning out to be bad ones :(
>
> Ps. Using the Manual loading methods to workaround the issue did not 
> work, i still had conflicts.
>
> Respects
> BruceS

Sorry but I think it's nonsense. If a component requires another 
component to work, then it requires it.

The problem is actually just that 'gb.form.mdi' requires 'gb.settings' 
for managing the Toolbar class. If I find a way to have a working 
Toolbar without having to rely on it, I will be able to make that 
component optional.

Regards,

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Benoît Minisini.