Dependency walker for components?

[Guest]

Are there any tools that will allow you to trace dependencies to and from
components? I'm not talking about Dependency Walker, which works for
executables and dll's, but something that works in the component database.

 

[KM]

William,

You seem to be asking the same question a few times now.

If you are with SP2, you have a nice Help System which will allow you to search and see components, there files and dependencies.

On SP1 you can use XPeTools package of tool components from www.xpefiles.com. E.g., DependencyExplorer component from the package
will allow you to search XPe database by file names, registry value names, etc.

 

[Guest]

Actually, I haven't had much luck with the help system. its constantly
throwing error messages at me, doesn't have the detail level of information I
would like or need on them, and as far as I can see there isn't any
dependency information (forewards or backwards) in the component help.
Here's an example:

TCP/IP Version 6
The TCP/IP Version 6 component is a network component that implements
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), and raw
protocols over the TCP/IP version 6 network layer protocol.

Services
There are no services for this component.

Associated Components
No other components interact with this component.

Settings
There are no configurable settings for this component.

Nothing about components it depends on and components that depends on it.
I'd love a tool that would allow me to see the components that, if added to
my config, would cause autoresolve to add IPv6 to my config, and what
components IPv6 would add.

 

[Santiago Allen]

Ive had good look with the "Estimate Footprint" feature, right click on
a component in the component window and it will be there. It wont tell
you what the direct dependencies are...but it will walk you through all
the layers before adding the component.

 

[Slobodan Brcin \(eMVP\)]

William you can use Konstantins tools from www.xpefiles .com for this
purpose.

Or simple solution.
1. Create empty project
2. Disable auto-resolve dependencies.
3. Add Component that you want.
4. Do dependency check.

You will get list of reuired components and if you ad d some of these
component they will tell you what else you need.

Regards,
Slobodan
PS: Keep visibility settings low (100)

 

[Quentin]

I will second this request! Such a tool would be invaluable!!!!

Quentin.