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fpc-pascal · 2002-03

1. Version 1.0.6 Prerelease is out !

   Finally it has happened: The FPC team is pleased to announce the pre release of FPC Pascal v1.0.6, which is an updated and fixed version of the of the previous v1.0…

   MAAMichael Van Canneyt, Adam Naumowicz, Andreas K. Foerster4-14-2002 11:07 UTC
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2. Special characters II

   [...] [...] I have a problem which seems to be related to this: - I'm listing the directory (FindFirst/FindNext), doing something to the files and displaying the filename

   BCFBernhard Steffen, Carlo Kok, Florian Klaempfl4-11-2002 13:46 UTC
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3. Two bugs in Win32 CRT unit

   I am using the latest released version from http://www.freepascal.org/ version 1.04 to port some Borland Pascal for DOS programs to Win32 console apps. I have noticed…

   RIJRich Pasco, Ivan Montes, Jeff Wormsley4-5-2002 02:06 UTC
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4. Postgresql unit

   Hello How to link programs with postgres unit? In README is written, that path to postgress libraries shud be placed in Makefile. But I completly don't know where place…

   SGMSzymon Dowkontt, Georgi Georgiev, Marco van de Voort4-1-2002 12:55 UTC
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5. redirecting prog under Linux

   I start a program like this: procedure run(Prog: string); var pid : longint; status : longint; begin pid := fork; if pid=0 then begin Execl(Prog); runerror; end;…

   ASAndreas K. Foerster, Sebastian Günther3-31-2002 17:42 UTC
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6. New US mirror.

   Some news for our users in the United States: Michael Hess has created a US mirror of the Free Pascal ; the ftp site is also mirrored at ftp.us.freepascal.org Both…

   UUnknown author3-30-2002 21:42 UTC
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7. Two Questions

   My first question is, why are FPC Win32 executables so large, even after running stripw.exe on them? A simple program that has nothing but the CRT unit declared and does…

   UAJUnknown author, Andreas K. Foerster, Jonas Maebe3-28-2002 07:34 UTC
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8. Sad...

   I'm sorry to say it, but I agree with - a lot of people on this list seem to be notorious for finding reasons to start up a flame war with someone else all because they…

   GGuitar DOOD3-28-2002 04:44 UTC
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9. No Problem

   No problem...I was just "responding" in the same fashion that I was addressed in the first place. However, I do find it totally laughable how people on this mailing list…

   UUnknown author3-28-2002 02:35 UTC
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10. sizeof returns wrong size?

    I'm attempting to write a generic writeln type of procedure for win32 console mode programs, but I'm having trouble using sizeof. I'm reasonably certain I've got it…

    UAIUnknown author, Andreas K. Foerster, Ivan Montes3-27-2002 22:22 UTC
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11. How to display special characters

    Hi Sorry to bother you with trivial newbie question but the links to the archives seem broken right now. How can I display special characters outside the standard A-Z…

    JAMJuha Nevalainen, Arne Hanssen, Marco van de Voort3-21-2002 19:08 UTC
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12. interrupt 13h

    I write the next code in my program, Uses dos; var r:registers; buffer:array [0..512] of byte; i:integer; begin fillchar(buffer,512,0); for i:=0 to 512 do begin…

    LAALuis Del Aguila, Aitor Santamaria Merino, Andreas K. Foerster3-21-2002 17:56 UTC
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13. Two questions on initialisation of variables

    Many of my programs start like this: var a, b,...: byte; ... begin a:= 5; b:= 7; ... So I was wondering if these sentences are translated into MOV sentences, or for the…

    APTAitor Santamaria Merino, Peter Vreman, Thomas Schatzl3-21-2002 06:21 UTC
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14. packed date-time

    Does anyone know if I can compare dates/times by comparing the packed date-time returned by FindFirst? I have checked the DOS documentation and I seemed to find this:…

    AIAitor Santamaria Merino, Ingmar Tulva3-20-2002 10:38 UTC
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15. Win32 API function problem?

    Not sure if the subject is right, but I didn't know what else to call this one. I'm writing a program to use the Win32 API function WriteConsoleOutput. The test program…

    UUnknown author3-19-2002 20:12 UTC
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16. Deleting the current directory (after changing it)

    Removing the current directory Back in the good old days of 16-bit Borland Pascal under DOS I had a utility which (among other things) would change directory to the…

    RPRich Pasco, Peter Vreman3-18-2002 23:49 UTC
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17. pointers under linux

    Hello I get for you some troubles. Lately I developped a unit which function perfectly under go32 and not under linux. But I didn't use any specific instruction for a…

    SPUShifted Soul, Peter Vreman, Unknown author3-18-2002 15:11 UTC
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18. Conversion from c

    I would like to use a library written in C paragui but it use classes like this : class DECLSPEC PG_Button : public PG_Widget { public: /** Constructor for the…

    UTUnknown author, Thomas Schatzl3-18-2002 08:48 UTC
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19. Windows Console API

    Under Windows 98SE the following program works just fine: program win32test; uses windows; var stdout : long; msg : AnsiString; aux : ulong; begin stdout := GetStdHandle…

    FRFernando Lozano, ron wilson3-16-2002 02:26 UTC
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20. getting my local ip

    im having difficulty getting my ip from within a winsock program. this is mainly due to my inability to understand this: type hostent = record { official name of host }

    RMron wilson, Michael Van Canneyt3-15-2002 16:54 UTC
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21. Searching a faster TXMLConfig

    I'm searching for a faster TXMLConfig. The current implementation is very slow, when a node contains more than 10 elements. Mattias Gaertner

    MHMMattias Gaertner, heather wilson, Marco van de Voort3-13-2002 18:15 UTC
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22. paragui

    i look for a widget gui in pascal (not lazarus !) for working with SDL does anyone find a translation from one like paragui ? Lionel Drevon Adeli http://www.adeli.fr…

    UUnknown author3-12-2002 23:14 UTC
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23. files handler in FPC

    Hello! My name is Lukasz Lesniak and I am from Poland (Central Europe). I use Pascal very often. I've declared structure: (*…

    ŁAŁukasz Leśniak, Adam Naumowicz3-7-2002 01:23 UTC
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24. FPC & c-library

    I am trying to link to a C-library generated by Watcom C-compiler. The library has 32bit format; target system: DOS (Dos4GW) FP compiler: ver.1.0.4; target system: DOS…

    PAMPeter Beisel, Alan Grimes, Marco van de Voort3-4-2002 18:29 UTC
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25. c -> fpc

    I need your help! Compiler: FPC 1.0.4 Target: GO32V2 I want to link some librarys generated by a 32bit c-compiler (target: DOS) to my FPC programs. 1. WatCom Neither the…

    PPeter Beisel3-4-2002 09:16 UTC
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26. TProcess raises exception

    I want to start a Win98 program from within another program. I tried to do this with TProcess, but TProcess.Create raises an exception .. this is my code: procedure…

    AUAnton Tichawa, Unknown author3-3-2002 21:54 UTC
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27. (no subject)

    Thanks for your ideas and thank for the FPC. Everywhere, when I can, I'm making advertisment of your compiler. :) How i can build a cross-executable? i.e. I need to…

    MFGMaxim Artemev, Florian Klaempfl, gj bart3-2-2002 22:15 UTC
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28. [OT]? Converting Delphi to Win Pascal

    Does anyone know if there's a utility out there that will take in a Delphi project, and output all of the actuall Windows code needed to produce it, with out the use of…

    CChris Moody3-2-2002 20:38 UTC
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29. "Bug" in ansistrings

    (* Hello all! There's a "bug" in ansistrings. When you concat 2 ansistrings (one NIL and one with something), both of them have their pointers to the same address. And…

    RRRC2Soft3-2-2002 17:35 UTC
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30. Strange Compiler Bug

    I found a compiler bug, which I don't know how to report to the bug list. I can't give a simple example, so I will describe it. If I clean up and do a complete compile…

    MPMattias Gaertner, Pierre Muller3-1-2002 15:14 UTC
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31. Detecting windows version within plain DOS Pascal command.com win dow

    Is there a code snippet that would allow me to detect the version of windows that my dos box is running within? I've got NT4 on the machine at work and its NT reports…

    CCSCox, Stuart SRM:EX, Cox, Stuart SRM:EX3-1-2002 11:56 UTC
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32. FindFirst in 1.1 under Win32 does not work correctly

    I know it is reported bug (I reported it myself :), but does see it anybody else? Attached program writes right number of lines, but it doesnt write nor filenames nor…

    PPetr Titera3-1-2002 10:40 UTC
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