Delphi in a Nutshell

Name

$RunOnly Compiler Directive

Syntax

{$RunOnly Off}  // default
{$RunOnly On}

Scope

Project

Description

Use the $RunOnly directive in a package’s .dpk file to mark the package as a runtime package. You cannot load the package into Delphi’s IDE. You can only link the package with an application or library.

When you write a component, put the component’s unit in a runtime package, and put the property and component editors in a design-time package. That way, an application can link with the component’s runtime package and avoid the overhead of linking the design-time code, which the application doesn’t need.

See Also

$DesignOnly Compiler Directive