# DSCLoadDeps

## Description

Open a picker dialog that loads the selected images **plus** their dependencies. The dialog lets you cap the recursion depth and individually include or exclude specific dependencies.

Available from the DSC Index context menu, under **Load**.

<figure><img src="/files/BfhxYxmutdQIC0cz5gwk" alt="Load > Selection with dependencies..."><figcaption><p>The "Load > Selection with dependencies..." entry in the DSC Index context menu</p></figcaption></figure>

### The dependencies picker dialog

The dialog is split into two lists:

* **Source images** (top) — the images selected from the [DSC Index](/9.4/ida-actions/opendscindex.md) when the action was triggered. They feed the dependency computation; on their own they do not drive what gets loaded.
* **Full list of images to load** (bottom) — the source images plus their dependencies, computed at the depth set by the **Dependency depth** spin box. Each row shows the image's address (where it will be loaded in the database), its size, and its current state (`Loaded` if it is already in the database).

  **What ultimately gets loaded is the set of checked entries in this bottom list.** Use the top list to seed; tweak the bottom list — depth, individual checkboxes — to fine-tune what lands in the database.

The same dialog is used by [From external Mach-O...](/9.4/ida-actions/dscloaddepsexternal.md), where the source images come from the load commands of an off-cache Mach-O instead of from the DSC Index selection.

<figure><img src="/files/gIZM6UEqDeU6hxV4ztKO" alt="Load with dependencies dialog"><figcaption><p>The dependencies picker dialog</p></figcaption></figure>

See [DSC Workflow](/9.4/core/disassembler/concepts/dsc-workflow.md).


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