[Gambas-user] How to soft depend on gambas3-gb-qt4-webkit

[Benoît Minisini]

Le 16/12/2015 19:02, Geoffrey De Belie a écrit :
> Hi,
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> I make use of the gambas3-gb-qt4-webkit component for showing Help
> pages (HTML).
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> However, I would like to soft depend on this component. Pseudo-code:
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> If componentIsInstalled("gambas3-gb-qt4-webkit") Then
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> 'use it
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> Else
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> 'open the HTML pages in the default browser using xdg-open
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> EndIf
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> The reason I want to do this, is that I still would like to provide
> the GTK interface next to the Qt interface (using gb.gui).
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> gambas3-gb-qt4-webkit depends on qt4, and if you depend on qt4 you
> can't have gb.gui for easy interface switching.
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> A solution would be welcome.
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> Kind regards,
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> Geoffrey De Belie
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Don't check the component in your project, and the first time you need 
it, load it dynamically with Component.Load(). If the method fails, note 
in a variable that you will have to use Desktop.Open().

Regards,

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Benoît Minisini