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fpc-pascal · 2003-02

1. Graph + mouse + linux

   Hi I would like to use the mouse under graphics mode under linux and I just can't get it working. I tried all examples of mouseapi and gpm units with initialization of…

   JPJozef Vesely, Peter Vreman2-28-2003 16:17 UTC
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2. Re: How to resize window under win32? (Jeff Pohlmeyer)

   If you have access to the source code of the launched program, you can use the SetWindowPos function to set the window position and size from within that program.…

   BMBernhard Steffen, Matt D. Emson2-28-2003 12:49 UTC
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3. ClrScr problem under Win 2K

   I'm running VP under Windows 2000, and I can't get ClrScr to work. The program will compile OK, but when I run it ClrScr has no effect. Can anyone please help? Here's…

   UMUnknown author, Marco van de Voort2-28-2003 12:34 UTC
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4. How to resize window under win32?

   please, I've this problem: I'm launching another program from Freepascal program through "exec" (under win32). Is any way how to set the position and size of started…

   MJMartin Hankovec, Jeff Pohlmeyer2-28-2003 10:09 UTC
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5. DateTimeToStr function... bug?

   Questions 1. units.pdf page 480 function DateTimeToStr Statement says that this function returns the string equivalent of DateTime parameter using the…

   UUnknown author2-27-2003 23:19 UTC
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6. How to find out the TFloatType digits

   When using RTTI, I sometimes need to know the decimal precisions of a TFloatType. For example ftSingle = 8 ftDouble = 16 ... Is there a simple way to get this? If not:…

   MMattias Gaertner2-27-2003 11:26 UTC
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7. FPC-1.0.6 for FreeBSD 5.0

   I have just installed FreeBSD 5.0 and I want to use FPC-1.0.6. I have used FPC-0.99..1.0.6 on Linux-Slackware and it has worked fine for all my needs, but now I have…

   JMJilani Khaldi, Marco van de Voort2-27-2003 11:03 UTC
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8. Strange error

   I'm trying to port the turbopower internet pro html viewer to lazarus. I use the delphi mode and the fpc 1.0.7 [2003/02/21] for i386. Now there are two strange error…

   MPMattias Gaertner, Peter Vreman2-27-2003 11:01 UTC
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9. Re: How to obtain runtime type of class object in debugger

   Thanks for all tips :) However I am interested in how to, from within the IDE debugger (or GDB), "watch" the most specific class of an object without modifying the source

   OOlle Raab2-26-2003 16:31 UTC
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10. compiler 's use

    I have downloaded the version 1.0.6 of the free compiler .The problem is that i can't open the compiler.I am afraid further more that i wan't be able to use i would…

    ΕAΕvangelos Kalaitzis, Anton Tichawa2-26-2003 15:25 UTC
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11. Question about fp

    I don't know is this is the correct place to ask, if not please direct me to the right place. I am running the fp editor on mandrake 9.0. All my borders are not the…

    BJOBrent Cox, James Mills, Olaf Leidinger2-26-2003 06:20 UTC
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12. Re: [suse-laptop] SuSE 8.0 hat schlechtes GhostScript!

    Hallo, Boris, und danke für die Info. | Am Montag, 24. Februar 2003 14:46 schrieb Rainer Hantsch: | > Hallo, Leute! | > Ich mußte mein GhostScript auf meinem Server…

    RRainer Hantsch2-25-2003 14:57 UTC
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13. How to obtain runtime type of class object in debugger ?

    Is it possible ? In details: Suppose: program Test; type TClassA = class; TClassB = class(TClassA); TClassC = class(TClassA); procedure P( x: TClassA); begin ... end;…

    OAJOlle Raab, Anton Tichawa, Jonas Maebe2-25-2003 14:01 UTC
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14. creating DLL with FPC 1.0.6

    I'm having problems using a dll created under Win2k and FPC 1.0.6. library myplugin; uses Windows; function Hello( s :pchar ) :boolean; begin WriteLN('hello ',s); end;…

    IAIván Montes, Anton Tichawa2-24-2003 19:34 UTC
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15. memw

    This is from an old Turbo Pascal source of the Pascal S compiler source: getmem(spnt,((sleng+3) div 16 +1)*16); k := seg(spnt^); memw[k:0] := sleng; memw[k:2] := 0;…

    JAMJames Mills, Anton Tichawa, Marco van de Voort2-23-2003 20:08 UTC
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16. Bug? Error when compiling a folder

    it is not a great important bug, but it could be solved. In Linux, I discovered that FPC did not remark when I passed a folder as a source file, it halted with an error.…

    HHolger Peters2-23-2003 17:26 UTC
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17. Window Maker and FPC

    Has anyone attempted writing an application for Window Maker ? More specifically, has anyone attempted to write a docked window maker applciation ? Just on the subject…

    JMJames Mills, Marco van de Voort2-23-2003 13:34 UTC
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18. use of c++ libraries

    Hello everybody! Let's say I've written a nice library in c++ and I'd like to use it in Free Pascal. The list archive sais that linking c++ libs (e.g. from gnu c++)…

    OJMOlaf Leidinger, James Mills, Marco van de Voort2-19-2003 22:25 UTC
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19. Problem of ParamStr

    Hello, everybody I wrote the following code in program foo.pp: writeln(ParamStr(1)); <<<<<<<<< And when I run it with a parameter "foo *.txt", I mean to get "*.txt", but…

    MMmilimeter, Michael Van Canneyt2-19-2003 09:59 UTC
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20. How to implement a minimum http server?

    Hello, everybody I want to use free pascal to implement the smallest http server which only response static html files compressed in a tar.gz file. How should I do? Give…

    MSmilimeter, Sebastian Günther2-19-2003 00:42 UTC
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21. nCrt Window resize problem

    I'm porting an old DOS program to Linux as a console app. So far I'm using the nCrt replacement, because it allows me to determine the terminal size at startup and so I…

    AAndrea Weikert2-18-2003 21:30 UTC
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22. Can anyone give an example for unit http?

    Hello, everybody I noticed that there are two units in fpc: http, AsyncIO, but there's no documents and examples for them. Does anybody know how to use them? mili

    MSmilimeter, Sebastian Günther2-18-2003 09:34 UTC
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23. Can't compile sockets demo

    Hello, everyone I got the following errors when compiling dsocksvr.pp, but there is already ssockets.o and ssockets.ppu under /usr/lib/fpc/1.0.7/units/linux/fcl:…

    MSmilimeter, Sebastian Günther2-18-2003 02:35 UTC
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24. Error when compile the latest source

    Hello, everybody I can't compile the source from the latest cvs, the errors are as follows: make -C gtkgl all make[7]: Entering directory…

    MMSmilimeter, Mattias Gaertner, Sebastian Günther2-17-2003 13:43 UTC
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25. Contribution to Unit Library

    I need a programmer to build a customized I/O unit that will be contributed to the FPC Unit Library. He/she must have expertise in low-level I/O access for both Linux…

    MMark Emerson2-16-2003 02:55 UTC
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26. CompareStr

    Maybe it's how it's supposed to be but if use : compareStr( 'hello', 'hello-bye' ) I get 0, so they are equal. If one string is bigger than the other they should be…

    IJJIván Montes, James Mills, Jilani Khaldi2-16-2003 00:25 UTC
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27. FPC Error! :(

    What on earth does: schanserv.pas(715) Fatal: Internal error 55665566 mean ? cheers James

    JLJJames Mills, Lee, John2-14-2003 15:39 UTC
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28. reporting faults

    Hello everyone...Just a reminder that it's always good to hear from you about faults in fpc because this helps to make it better, and you can report these via the web…

    LJLLee, John, James Mills, Lee2-14-2003 13:21 UTC
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29. Line Continuation

    HJMHaluk DUMAN, James Mills, Marco van de Voort2-14-2003 03:11 UTC
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30. ExtractFileDir ?

    According to the docs http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/units/node23.html#SECTION002366000000000 000000 "ExtractFileDir returns only the directory part of FileName,…

    IAIván Montes, Anton Tichawa2-13-2003 14:08 UTC
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31. CPU rel2rev23 uploaded

    just updated my CPU package to rel2rev23. No breathtaking news, just a plain simple update: - added a new field to the TCPUInfo record which contains the number of…

    TThomas Schatzl2-13-2003 13:27 UTC
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32. SysUtils.FileExists bug under Go32v2

    I think I've found a bug on the FileExists function (sysutils) under Go32v2, when I want to check if a directory exists. FileExists( 'c:\winnt' ) will return False when…

    IAIván Montes, Anton Tichawa2-13-2003 02:46 UTC
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33. test, don't worry, don't reply, remove

    sorry list just a test

    IIván Montes2-13-2003 02:09 UTC
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34. Classes/Objects/Pointers

    Sorry to bother you again, can't seem to see what I'm doing wrong it's the same as my dynamic code for strings... var nicks: PNick; nNicks: Integer; procedure…

    JAJJames Mills, Anton Tichawa, Jonas Maebe2-12-2003 19:31 UTC
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35. Classes and copying

    With respect to classes (and perhaps also objects), how do you copy the contents of a class in memory (an object) to another? ie: var a: TClass; b: TClass; begin a :=…

    JMMJames Mills, Matt D. Emson, Michael Van Canneyt2-12-2003 13:07 UTC
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36. RE: Classes/Objects/Pointers / Pointer Help

    RE: Dynamic arrays, What about using the Tcollection? Is there any dis-advantage? I know a lot of TP Programmers swear by them.

    MAJMatt Emson, Anton Tichawa, James Mills2-12-2003 03:11 UTC
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37. RE: Classes/Objects/Pointers / Pointer Help

    Before you go and write one, DUnit might fit that bill. I think it's on sourceforge, but will also be somewhere in the JEDI pages too. We just *need* a complete VCL drop…

    MMatt Emson2-11-2003 15:07 UTC
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38. FPC Problem with reAllocMem...

    I've annoyed you guys enough with pointers, objects and clases :P I'm sorry :) This bugs me though as to why this program crashes at the 4th call to addNick(nick:…

    JAJames Mills, Anton Tichawa2-11-2003 11:42 UTC
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39. isprime()

    I made a function of 116 lines in assembler: isprime(n: cardinal): boolean; which returns true if a cardinal is prime, false otherwise. The routine is fast and uses only…

    UAMUnknown author, Anton Tichawa, Mark Emerson2-11-2003 10:26 UTC
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40. Macros in FPC

    I was wondering if I could do something like this with a macro in FPC: const HASH_TABLE_MASK = $ff; function GetHashIndex ( hash :dword) :integer; begin result := hash…

    IAGIván Montes, Anton Tichawa, Gene Buckle2-11-2003 03:08 UTC
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41. Understanding the compiler sources

    I want to understand how a compiler works. So I thought I could search a little open source Compiler (FreePascal is very big and I think I had a better overview with a…

    HAHolger Peters, Anton Tichawa2-11-2003 02:53 UTC
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42. OpenBSD snapshot uploaded.

    Pierre and me managed to fix a lot of bugs in the *BSD platforms. As a result, even though still a bit raw, the OpenBSD port starts to get usable. A snapshot was…

    MMarco van de Voort2-10-2003 20:55 UTC
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43. graph unit and the mouse

    Does anybody know a way to read the mouse at pixel resolution while using the graph unit? Mark

    MFKMark Emerson, Florian Klaempfl, Klaus Hartnegg2-10-2003 13:41 UTC
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44. RE: Classes/Objects/Pointers / Pointer Help

    This is where Classes are better than objects... This will only work if you don't reference any thing that is instantiated by the constructor, i.e. all Methods and…

    MMatt Emson2-10-2003 13:29 UTC
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45. Amiga snapshot uploaded.

    I've uploaded a new snapshot for the amiga,which is available at this url: ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/snapshot/v10/amiga/m68k/baseami.lha Hopefully the unit…

    CABCarl Eric Codere, amorel, Balogh2-10-2003 11:09 UTC
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46. Pointer Help

    Sorry if this is trivial, but I'm sick of it :) I'm using fpc to convert my (originally delphi) code to read and write ini style files, however writing will not work as…

    JAJJames Mills, Anton Tichawa, Jonas Maebe2-10-2003 09:00 UTC
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47. Error: The object arg1 has no VMT

    Dear all, I get the error "Error: The object TINTERPOLATION has no VMT" when trying to compile one of my programs with the option -Sd (delphi mode), but not in normal…

    PAPreben Mikael Bohn, Anton Tichawa2-9-2003 16:04 UTC
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48. Performance testing of FPC programs?

    Hi all, I have a relatively large FPC program that I suspect have a few bottlenecks (regarding processing speed). Are there any ways I can test how long time the program…

    PAJPreben Mikael Bohn, Adam Naumowicz, James Mills2-9-2003 00:16 UTC
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49. Profiling and memory leaks

    Do you know of any tools I can use to check for memory leaks on my code? I'm using FPC 1.1 snapshots under Win2k. cheers, Ivan

    IMIván Montes, Marco van de Voort2-8-2003 20:12 UTC
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50. Linking to Windows

    According to the Free Pascal Programmers manual chapter 4.1 it is possible to specify an external Windows function with: Procedure ProcName(Args: TProcArgs); external…

    HAJHans Mårtensson, Anton Tichawa, Jeff Pohlmeyer2-8-2003 15:02 UTC
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