[QUESTION] How to tell robotcode that a library is being imported without importing it?

[balmeida-nokia]

Please describe.
I have a library which I want to import but, to instantiate it, I need variables which are only available at Suite setup.
So, after getting that data at beginning of Suite Setup, it uses Import Library at the end of that block to load the library.
Everything works correctly when robot runs but robocode can't detect and help with the library. Actually, RobotCode believes that the keywords that the library provides do not exist while they certainly exist.
Is there a way to provide metadata to robotcode that the library exists and is available so it can do static analysis of it and provides the help it does as if it was defined in the *** Settings *** section as Library?

To be clear: My issue is with static code analysis by the vscode extension, not robot execution.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• VS Code Version 1.107.1
• RobotCode Version 2.2.0
• OS: Windows
• Python Version 3.12.9
• RobotFramework Version 7.4.1

[d-biehl]

do you have any error messages?

search in the robot framework documentation for Detecting is Robot Framework running there is an example.

[balmeida-nokia]

@d-biehl My issue is with static code analysis by vscode extension, not robot execution.

I added this clarification to my message above.

[d-biehl]

Ahh, sorry, did not read it correctly. No there is no possibility to that at the moment, but feel free to create an enhancement issue for that :-)

but, why you need to load the library dynamically in suite setup? What happens in the suite setup?

Setting the library scope to SUITE scope and if the library needs a configuration create a keyword to set this configuration, would do the same thing.

Maybe you can give an example?

[balmeida-nokia]

@d-biehl
I'll try to give that information without breaking NDA.

robot starts:
Setup loads some variables.
Suite Setup:
Use docker to launch a containerized server in a docker provided IP and random available port provided by OS.
Import Library with parameters which Setup connection library using provided IP and dynamic port.

If this seems like a feature Robocode could have, I can make a feature request.