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fpc-pascal · 2005-07

1. Two-dimensional dynamic arrays in C libraries

   I need to pass two- or three-dimensional dynamic arrays to C libraries from FPC. I know this is feasible with one-dimensional arrays, by using a pointer to the array:…

   SMSilvio a Beccara, Michael Van Canneyt9-2-2005 15:59 UTC
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2. fast integer multiplication

   Suppose I have the following code: var a,b: dword; c: qword; begin a := 10000000; b := 20000000; c := a * b; writeln(c); end. Now, although c is large enough to contain…

   VFGVincent Snijders, Florian Klaempfl, Gerhard Scholz8-1-2005 21:58 UTC
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3. lazarus crash at start

   Trying to find why lazarus crashes at start in win98 I found a courious problem, global variable IsConsole is true when it should be false as lazarus is built as a gui…

   JPVJesus Reyes, Peter Vreman, Vincent Snijders8-1-2005 16:21 UTC
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4. Exporting from Elf okay?

   With regards to MS Windows: There are some myths out there which say you cannot export functions from exe's.. but this supposedly was only true back pre 386 versions of…

   LL5057-31-2005 22:39 UTC
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5. Bitmap variables

   Hello all. Can anybody explain what is the structure of the bitmap variables used in GetImage and PutImage. How are images stored in them?

   Aant2227-30-2005 19:34 UTC
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6. FPC 2.0 / Lazarus Problem

   FPC 2.0 seems to have problems with lazarus new ide paths. Sometimes it gives an error, that it can not find uniteditor.pp or componentpalette.pas. The paths are…

   MMattias Gaertner7-30-2005 09:08 UTC
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7. ExecuteProcess

   I'm using ExecuteProcess to run a commandline application. This application returns information to stdout. I have tried to pipe this to a file, but unfortunately this…

   DLMDarius Blaszijk, L505, Michael Van Canneyt7-29-2005 11:57 UTC
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8. Pointers

   Hi everyone I'm just trying to compile and execute a simple example from a graphics programming tutorial under FPC. Here is the code <code> PROGRAM PixelExample; {$MODE…

   DEJDaniel Franzini, Elio Cuevas Gómez, John Coppens7-28-2005 16:34 UTC
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9. C++ > C wrapper callback > Pascal Continues UPDATE

   See bottom post ----- Original Message ----- From: "Urbansound" To: Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 11:05 PM Subject: C++ > C wrapper callback > Pascal Continues

   UTUrbansound, Tomas Hajny7-28-2005 11:15 UTC
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10. C++ > C wrapper callback > Pascal Continues

    Reply Peter and Tomas, is below, each... Thread pruned. The s call in the message line was converted to a "pointer(s)". I found the FPC_INITIALIZEUNITS at Main, in the…

    UUrbansound7-28-2005 03:05 UTC
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11. C++ > C wrapper callback > Pascal Continues

    I would think you have the likely cause. Unfortunately, the 2.0.0. Docs, nor the Web docs make reference to the function, (if it is a function), and Google seems to…

    UPTUrbansound, Peter Vreman, Tomas Hajny7-27-2005 13:16 UTC
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12. C++ > C wrapper callback > Pascal Continues

    Thank you to Michalis Kamburelis... clipped this down (and still too long)... Yes the integer sizes were confirmed = 32 (win32 gui) and the export was added simply…

    UPUrbansound, Peter Vreman7-27-2005 05:48 UTC
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13. Doubts about QueryInterface

    When I try to compile a unit in delphi mode with the following function function Implements(out AReference; const AObject: TObject; const AInterface: TGUID): Boolean;…

    AAgustin Barto7-27-2005 02:04 UTC
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14. C++ > C wrapper callback > Pascal

    I'm probably over my head on this one and some of the FPC forum entries talk about limited functionality toward C++, but here goes. A Windows pascal application is…

    UMUrbansound, Michalis Kamburelis7-26-2005 07:29 UTC
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15. Freepascal and good usage of TStringList

    Could any one help me debug the little piece of code thereafter ? I get a SIGSEGV.. and I don't know why (OK.. i am not that good). Thanks for your help. JM…

    JMMJean-Marc Chourot, Mariano, Martin Smat7-25-2005 18:44 UTC
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16. Variants vs. Variant Records

    I have to build some container classes (like java Vector) for a project. I was thinking on how to store some primitive values (so far I only need to store Integer, Real…

    ADFAgustin Barto, David Emerson, Florian Klaempfl7-25-2005 18:36 UTC
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17. FPC and CD-ROMs

    Hi everyone. I have one simple question : How can i eject/close certain CD-ROM drive? I write Certain because I ave more than one so I have to specify which. Is there…

    PAJPianoman, Alexey Pavluchenko, John Coppens7-25-2005 14:48 UTC
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18. String to Unicode?

    I'm producing some XML-Output with a FPC-program. The problem is that there are special charakters like < and > in the content of some tags, also some german special…

    TJThomas Zastrow, John Coppens7-25-2005 08:52 UTC
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19. [OT] Mime attachments

    Does anyone else here use thunderbird? Everytime I get a digest all of the attachments in thunderbird crowd out the main window so I can't read anything. Is there any…

    ABEAngelo Bertolli, Bernhard Steffen, Elio Cuevas Gómez7-24-2005 19:47 UTC
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20. Dynamic-linker

    fpc 2.1.1 (2005/07/24) Darwin When compiling with -pg (generate profiling data) linker complains with: /usr/bin/ld: unknown flag: -dynamic-linker= P Davidson Corax…

    PPaul Davidson7-24-2005 11:58 UTC
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21. Simple hello world fails on freebsd

    Hi all, this is my first attempt at using freepascal on freebsd, I installed it from the tarball, installing everything, but I can't compile ANYTHING. Below is the…

    AA.J. Venter7-23-2005 22:55 UTC
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22. MSG variable type, Windows GUI

    I encountered an FPC Win32, tutorial that uses the a declaration of variable "msg", declared as a MSG type, shown below. Dev-Pas IDE, FPC 2.00 gives an "error in type…

    ULUrbansound, Luiz Américo7-23-2005 11:52 UTC
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23. unit testing framework for fpc

    not long ago there has been some talk about a test framework for object pascal on this list. IIRC it was some sort of port of junit to pascal. Is it in a usable state?…

    MAAMarc Santhoff, Alain Michaud, Andres K. Foerster7-23-2005 02:23 UTC
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24. Sharp Zaurus ARM port stability?

    Just laid my hands on a used Zaurus SL5500. I was wondering how stable the Zaurus cross compiler and QT wrapper were? I realise this is slightly off topic, but I…

    MADMatt Emson, Alain Vitry, Den Jean7-22-2005 07:32 UTC
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25. How to know if an objects implements an interface

    I have a class that has a TObject field. In some of the instances of this class the field will contain an objetct from a class that implements certain interface. What…

    AAgustin Barto7-21-2005 22:40 UTC
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26. Re: Translating scientific libraries

    Yes, it should work. of headers. If you need help with translating, I'm quite willing to help, and I'd definitely consider distributing the translated headers with FPC.…

    MACMichael Van Canneyt, Agustin Barto, C Western7-21-2005 20:23 UTC
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27. Mac OS X Pascal Interfaces

    The latest version of the Mac OS X Pascal Interfaces <http://www.microbizz.nl/GPCInterfacesF.tar.gz> can be downloaded from <http://www.microbizz.nl/gpc.html>. Detailed…

    AAdriaan van Os7-21-2005 14:26 UTC
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28. fpcmake

    In MS Windows, fpcmake says: Error: Target "win32", package "libasync" not found In my 2.1.0 source directories, libasync appears to be for unix only..i.e. it's in a…

    LL5057-20-2005 01:18 UTC
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29. Shared Object Libraries non-PIC

    How does the calling program know that it's not PIC (position independant code)? i.e. how would you stop a calling program from thinking so? Is it based on what…

    LJL505, Jonas Maebe7-18-2005 19:21 UTC
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30. Recursion

    Having problem with app. It is rule based, and operates with recursion. Events, such as HTTP requests, timers etc, are processed in separate threads such that rule…

    PFJPaul Davidson, Florian Klaempfl, Jan Ruzicka7-18-2005 10:00 UTC
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31. Calling unassigned procedure gives no stack trace with -gl

    When the following program is compiled with option -gl -Mdelphi and executed, it results in An unhandled exception occurred at $00000000 : EAccessViolation : Access…

    TAMTom Verhoeff, Anton Tichawa, Marcel Martin7-15-2005 08:04 UTC
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32. Re: Paths on different OS's

    Path:=ExtractFileDir(ParamStr(0)+PathDelim+'SomePath'+PatHDelim+'Directory'+PatHDelim+'etc'+PathDelim; Is cross platform, or…

    MALMichael Van Canneyt, A.J. Venter, L5057-15-2005 06:23 UTC
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33. Re: getprocaddress

    The same, just add dynlibs to your uses clause. This is documented. Michael.

    MLMMichael Van Canneyt, L505, Marc Perkel7-14-2005 22:03 UTC
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34. System.Write broken?

    Hi, the folowing code enters infinite loop in the newest version of FreePascal: program textfile; var Archivo: Text; Linea: AnsiString; begin Assign(Archivo, 'test.pp');…

    EJLElio Cuevas Gómez, John Coppens, L5057-14-2005 17:03 UTC
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35. cMem, cThreads

    Does cThreads require cMem in program uses clause? i.e. uses etc. It appears that removing cMem causes memory corruption in Darwin. Thanks P Davidson Corax Networks Inc.…

    PPaul Davidson7-14-2005 08:40 UTC
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36. Single or Double

    I need to know *at compile time* whether the type Real is Single or Double. Currently, I use this {$IFDEF FPC_HAS_TYPE_DOUBLE} ... {$ELSE} {$IFDEF FPC_HAS_TYPE_SINGLE}…

    MFLMarcel Martin, Florian Klaempfl, L5057-13-2005 19:37 UTC
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37. Crosscompile linking problems

    Hi! I am trying crosscompile my commandline application from Win32 to linux. I have cross binutils, compiled linux RTL and other packages... so, I have not any problem…

    LLMLukas Gebauer, L505, Marco van de Voort7-13-2005 09:32 UTC
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38. Which OS?

    how can I test - at runtime - under which OS (Linux, Windows and so on) a FPC-program is running? Tom

    TAJThomas Zastrow, Andres K. Foerster, Jeff Pohlmeyer7-12-2005 14:48 UTC
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39. libvga (graph unit)

    I have a problem with the graph unit. The program compiles fine under GNU/Linux, but not on FreeBSD. The SVGAlib is installed. But when linking I get the following: |…

    AAndres K. Foerster7-11-2005 06:38 UTC
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40. Something like "Is a number"?

    I'm converting some strings with "strtoint" into integers. But sometimes the string can't be converted to a number. Is there a function which takes a string and tells me…

    TAAThomas Zastrow, A.J. Venter, Anton Tichawa7-11-2005 06:35 UTC
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41. ARM compiler platforms

    since the website only seems to mention the Zaurus as device for running fpc and executing it's program i assume (cross)compiling at least works on linux. What other…

    MDFMarc Santhoff, Den Jean, Florian Klaempfl7-7-2005 19:44 UTC
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42. Wrapping libInkLevel

    I've been trying to create a wrapper for libinklevel, h2pas with a fairly standard set of options ran fine, the wrapper compiled once I commented a double-definition for…

    AA.J. Venter7-7-2005 19:22 UTC
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43. Re: fpc-pascal Digest, Vol 11, Issue 7

    In a message dated 7/7/2005 5:02:07 A.M. Central Daylight Time, Steve I got the latest FPC source using Subversion on Win32. Running make build in the root directory…

    UUnknown author7-7-2005 12:22 UTC
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44. make install error

    I got the latest FPC source using Subversion on Win32. Running make build in the root directory worked fine. Running make install fails because cp.exe does not ignore…

    SLJSteve Williams, Lee, John7-7-2005 10:43 UTC
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45. Untyped stdin 'file'

    How can I have an untyped stdin ? I want to use blockread on stdin. Currently, variable 'input' is of type text. If I assign '' to a file variable and reset that, then…

    MMicha Nelissen7-6-2005 17:34 UTC
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46. Blacklisting on fpc lists server

    from time to time I cannot send mail to this list. It's getting back to me wtih this error message: Do I get right that the lists server has the mail server of my…

    MMarc Santhoff7-6-2005 05:39 UTC
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47. Delphi To Free Pascal

    This my test to see if free pascal can be used to compile Delphi Projects. I have thousands of delphi projects/project files etc... but for this test I simply create a…

    UAAUnknown author, Adriaan van Os, Anton Tichawa7-4-2005 18:37 UTC
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48. array of Char -> String conversion

    is there a standard routine that converts an "array of Char" type to a (Short)String of the same length as the Char-array? The automatic conversion of the compiler seems…

    VVinzent Hoefler7-4-2005 15:41 UTC
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49. showing source linenumbers on exceptions

    how can i show source line numbers, when an exception occurs, like sysutils do? ... An unhandled exception occurred at $0040E9B5 : EInOutError : Invalid filename…

    BGPBartek, Gerhard Scholz, Peter Vreman7-1-2005 23:43 UTC
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