[Lazarus] Using a component OBJ file in Lazarus?

[Michael Schnell]

On 12.06.2018 11:30, Sven Barth via Lazarus wrote:
>  Only because the code is part of a package that's loaded by the 
> Delphi IDE does not mean that it also is one in the final Delphi 
> program. Delphi package distributions more often than not also contain 
> the DCU for static linking.

Of course you are correct that in Delphi a package can be linked 
dynamically to the IDE (it can't be linked statically, as the IDE never 
is recompiled), but statically in the final executable.

But Lazarus does not provide dynamic linking to the IDE in such a way. 
That is why the IDE needs to be recompiled when adding a package with 
"design time stuff". (IMHO this is not harmful at all.)

Am I wrong supposing that this means that the package will be statically 
linked to both the IDE and the executable, and hence it content will be 
linked in with both ?

AFAIU, there are means to control how the code is executed at runtime 
and how at design time, but this does not affect linking.

Hence the dongle code will be linked in with the IDE and might (or might 
not) provide problems.

-Michael