[DUG] Is there a simple way...

[Rohit Gupta]

If its a visual component and you need to have the form/unit open in IDE 
then you have to install it.  Otherwise, just a path in the project 
options to the pas/dfm files.

peter at webcentre.co.nz wrote:
> This one bites me every time I install some third-party demo which
> has a dependency on a package I don't normally install.
>
> So, let's see if I can get an easy solution, and remember it.
>
> Let's say I know I need the TXMLDocument component, which I don't
> have installed. From the help, I can quickly find it is in the XMLDoc
> unit.
>
> BUT -- is there some *easy* way to tell what furschinluggin' BPL I
> need to install to make that unit and its components available?
>
> Hard ways, I've found, such as grepping for the unit name in the BPLs
> -- but in this case, it's referenced in a whole bunch, so it doesn't
> help.
>
> I find this whole "it depends on it but you can't find it" issue one
> of the biggest timewasters when learning new areas of Delphi. So
> there's probably an easy solution I haven't encountered in the  past
> decade.
>
> cheers,
> peter
>
>
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