IDE directives

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Overview

IDE directives are similar to compiler directives as they are special comments in the source. They use the curly brackets and the percentage sign. For example:

<Delphi> {%H-} </Delphi>

For the compiler they are simple comments and ignored. The IDE uses these directives to store source specific information independent of project and session.

Hide one hint, note or warning

To hide one single hint, note or warning you can use the following IDE directive:

<Delphi> procedure DoSomething({%H-}NotUsed: char); begin

end; </Delphi>

Hint: You can right click on a hint in the message window and click on "hide message via directive" to insert the directive automatically.

This feature exists since 0.9.29.


File encoding

You can specify what encoding the IDE should use for a source file by adding a BOM or an encoding directive at the very start of a source file:

<Delphi> {%encoding CP1250} </Delphi>

See the unit lcl/lconvencoding.pas for all possible values.

Run/Build file

See Configure Build File.