Is there a package to get a list of all installed components?

[Bill Meyer 339]

In the course of some project analysis, it has become apparent that we would benefit from exporting a list of all installed components in Delphi. I have found articles discussing how to obtain the list using the ToolsAPI, but that would mean building a package for a wizard, which is more of a side project than I was seeking.

 

If anyone knows of an existing wizard which would provide the functionality, I would appreciate a lead.

 

Bill

[KodeZwerg 54]

uses ToolsApi;

{....}

var
  a, i: Integer;
begin
  with (BorlandIDEServices as IOTAPackageServices) do
  begin
    for a := 0 to GetPackageCount - 1 do
    begin
      for i := 0 to GetComponentCount(a) - 1 do
      begin
        {get each component name with GetComponentName(a, i);}
        // DoSomething   
      end;
    end;
  end;
end;

Something like that?

[Uwe Raabe 2168]

You can also search the registry. The Package Cache key (like HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\19.0\Package Cache) contains all installed packages with all its components.

[Bill Meyer 339]

1 hour ago, Uwe Raabe said:

You can also search the registry. The Package Cache key (like HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\19.0\Package Cache) contains all installed packages with all its components.

I will give that a try, Uwe, thanks. 

[haentschman 92]

Quote

Something like that?

...no! Why whith "WITH"!

[KodeZwerg 54]

1 hour ago, haentschman said:

...no! Why whith "WITH"!

Okay.

uses TypInfo, ToolIntf, Exptintf;

...

procedure GetComponentNames(lst: TStrings);
var
  i, k: Integer;
  CRef: TClass;
  strName: ShortString;
begin
  lst.Clear;
  for i := 0 to ToolServices.GetModuleCount-1 do
  begin
    for k := 0 to ToolServices.GetComponentCount(i)-1 do
      begin
       CRef := TClass(GetClass(ToolServices.GetComponentName(i, k)));
       while CRef <> nil do
       begin
         strName := CRef.ClassName;
         if lst.IndexOf(strName) = -1 then
           lst.Add(strName);
         if str <> 'TComponent' then
          CRef := CRef.ClassParent
         else
           CRef := nil;
       end;
      end;
  end;    
end;

 

[limelect 53]

There is a package manger expert i down loaded called  

30127_source_for_an_add_in_to_easily_manage_packages_the_ide_loads.zip

I transform it to an exe.

Dose it help?

I yes i can send you my project source. 

 

https://wiert.me/2016/06/08/known-ide-packages-in-delphi-prompted-by-a-comment-jeroen-wiert-pluimers-made/

 

Edited November 17, 2018 by limelect

[Bill Meyer 339]

On 11/16/2018 at 4:16 PM, Uwe Raabe said:

You can also search the registry. The Package Cache key (like HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\19.0\Package Cache) contains all installed packages with all its components.

As it happens, I need to run in XE7, where the key is this: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\15.0\ToolForm\Mapping. I also have an interest, though no absolute need, to run this in D2007, but I find no entry in the registry for such information. Has anyone committed a web page on the variations of such content in different versions?

[KodeZwerg 54]

Does the code not work?

[Bill Meyer 339]

3 hours ago, KodeZwerg said:

Does the code not work?

Which code? You posted code for use in a package. I am now scanning the registry, and collecting from there with my own code, which works fine, though there are a few idiosyncrasies in the lists there.

 

The  point of my last post, though, was that although the registry scan is convenient, it is specific right now to XE7. And given the minor irregularities I have found in the entries there, it seems reasonable to anticipate irregularities in other versions, whether the same or different to these. In D2007, however, I find no evidence of installed components in the registry, so in the end, the ToolsAPI may be the only reliable approach.

[Kryvich 178]

@Bill Meyer For Delphi 2007 you can find them here: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Borland\BDS\5.0\ToolForm\Mapping

[KodeZwerg 54]

You can checkout https://github.com/KodeZwerg/versionselector to see how different delphi versions work with registry.

All legit stuff from early up to Tokyo 10.2.3 is supported.

Edited November 20, 2018 by KodeZwerg