Hi,
I'd like to try building an extension to Lazarus. After reading a lot of http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Extending_the_IDE#See_also I think I'm starting to understand how this can be done. But some questions are left open: 1. Is it correct that to make an extension basically all I have to do is write the code that - adds a menu entry for starting the code - save it as a lazarus package and check "register in ide" (or the like ;) and that's the basis for doing something useful? 2. When I want the user to select a form for the ide expert to work on, a list of available forms is needed. Is iterating over all the projects files and getting the form of a file the right way to go? Additionally if yes: The code there: http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Extending_the_IDE#Get_unit.2C_designer.2C_form_of_a_file looks OK, but doesn't it open all the files of a project? And does // get form aForm:=aDesigner.Form; give NIL if the file has no form? 3. How do I create a new component on a form? For doing so one would need at least a reference to the active form and second a reference to the active component to use as parent. Afterwards, will the new component created and have owner, parent and essential properties set and then added, like I would do in any other program creating components in code at runtime or is there another way (sth. like "IDEDoCreateComponetntAndAdd(newcomponent.class)")? If there is an example doing all of this stuff, please point me there. After browsing some intresting names in lazarus/examples I haven't found what's missing. TIA, Marc -- Marc Santhoff <m.santh...@web.de> -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
