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Asked: 2026-05-11T18:53:03+00:00

Every time I add a new form to my project, it drops a big

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Every time I add a new form to my project, it drops a big glop of boilerplate in the uses clause.

uses
  Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
  Dialogs;

Seriously, who uses the Variants unit on anything resembling a regular basis? I generally end up removing Windows, Messages, Variants, Graphics and Dialogs and never missing them.

That’s gotta be coming out of a template file somewhere, but I can’t seem to find it. Does anyone know where I can find the template and edit it? I’m using D2009, in case it’s changed recently.

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    The according resource is located in $(BDS)\bin\delphivclide*.bpl and named “VCLIDECMD”; you can extract, edit and update it with the resource editor of your choice (I recommend the one included in Pelles C).

    For C++Builder users, the template file is “CPPVCLIDECMD” in bcbvclide*.bpl.

    If you are using a localized version of RAD Studio, look at the appropriate language resource files (*.DE, *.FR or *.JA).

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