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If you’ve ever made an IDE extension for Delphi, then you know how complicated the ToolsApi is. We are therefore happy to share the open source library ToolsApi-Helper that we at GDK Software use for this purpose. You can find it here:
GitHub – GDKsoftware/ToolsAPI-helper
There is little up-to-date documentation available of the ToolsApi. You also often need a lot of code to get something done. This helper makes it easier to create the IDE extensions you’ve always wanted.
A brief impression:
- Easy logging in your own message tab with custom formatting
- Direct access to build configurations
- Easily modify data in the source editor
- A basic class to create a form that opens in the central part of the editor
- Helpers for notifiers such as for compiling in the IDE or saving a project
- Customising uses in a source editor or file.
And we are still developing it. Plenty of opportunities for improvement and expansion. I would love to see your useful features in this library soon!
