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fpc-pascal · 2008-04

1. "Interesting" hang with daemonapp under windows

   While I was trying to debug an unrelated problem with a service (written with daemonapp/lazdaemon), debugging that consisted in constantly rebooting the system to see…

   LMLuca Olivetti, Michael Van Canneyt5-13-2008 09:12 UTC
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2. Pointers in Pascal!!

   I have something like this: PStruct = ^Struct; Struct = record num : integer; end; I have a unit to handle that structure ( is a bit more complicated, but is a good…

   ZAHZaka E-Lab, Alan Krause, Hans Mårtensson5-1-2008 14:09 UTC
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3. RealThinClient SDK for Linux (Lazarus/FreePascal) - under development

   Development of the RealThinClient SDK for Linux (Lazarus/FreePascal) has started. If you would like to make sure that you get access to the new components when they are…

   DDanijel Tkalcec4-27-2008 19:19 UTC
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4. pascal on macbook

   I used to have a MacIntosh and would like to go back to programming in pascal. Can I do this on the Macbook. Is it recommended ? Thanks grs

   GDFGeorge R Smith, Damien Gerard, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho4-27-2008 11:18 UTC
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5. SQL parser wanted

   is anyone aware of an open source parser for SQL written in Pascal or at least easily usable with fpc? Marc

   MMMMarc Santhoff, Marco van de Voort, Michael Van Canneyt4-26-2008 18:37 UTC
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6. Re: fpc - Mac

   4 meg of memory. .... before I spend the 2,000 plus dollars. Just to follow up a bit more. The Mac IDE from Ingemar will run on Core Duo and PPC processors. There…

   RRichard Ward4-26-2008 15:28 UTC
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7. Looking for a Linux Guru

   A new bid request for a FreePascal/Linux expert is open on RentACoder: http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/misc/BidRequests/ShowBidRequest.asp?lng BidRequestId=913847…

   DDanijel Tkalcec4-25-2008 16:36 UTC
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8. Trim db-fieldnames, or not?

   In several places you can specify a list of fieldnames, seperated by semicolons. For example: 'field1;field2'. Question is: should this be allowed: 'field1; field2'? Or…

   JGIJoost van der Sluis, Graeme Geldenhuys, Inoussa OUEDRAOGO4-24-2008 22:27 UTC
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9. Using JNI in free pascal

   Has anyone used the Java Native Interface unit (JNI.pas, home page is http://www.pacifier.com/~mmead/jni/delphi/) to provide JNI access to a shared library under Linux?…

   AAlan Krause4-24-2008 16:12 UTC
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10. RealThinClient SDK for FreePascal/Lazarus - anyone?

    What is the RealThinClient SDK? http://realthinclient.com/about_sdk.htm Where can you download it for Delphi/Win32? http://sourceforge.net/projects/rtcsdk What about…

    DDanijel Tkalcec4-24-2008 10:14 UTC
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11. Pascal postscript reading library

    I did some googling, and I think there is none, but just in case ... does anyone know a pascal library to read postscript files? Preferably open source. Liberal…

    FFFFelipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Florian Klaempfl, Funky Beast4-24-2008 08:32 UTC
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12. The 'correct' way to debug applications

    I'm busy implementing and correcting Application.CreateForm() in fpGUI. Everything looked and worked fine until I enabled 'heaptrc' to see if I have memory leaks.…

    GGraeme Geldenhuys4-23-2008 12:53 UTC
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13. changing datetime of directories under DOS/Win

    I'd like to ask if there is any way to change the timestamp of directories under DOS/Win. I'm writing a small command-line utility for file/dir manipulations. The only…

    AManonymous anonymous, Michael Van Canneyt4-23-2008 00:10 UTC
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14. The format of LongDateFormat?

    By default under Linux, the LongDateFormat is defined in SysUtils as follows: LongDateFormat: 'dd" "mmmm" "yyyy'; Must there be double quotes in the string? If so,…

    GMGraeme Geldenhuys, Michael Van Canneyt4-22-2008 14:50 UTC
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15. MySQL50 unit in freepascal

    I am a newbie in freepascal but I have used turbo pascal and Delphi extensively for the last 7 years or so; I want to write an application for my linux box to do some…

    CCCChris, Carsten Bager, Chris Kirkpatrick4-22-2008 13:15 UTC
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16. [fpc-pascal]

    I'd like to ask if there is any way to change the timestamp of directories under DOS/Win. I'm writing a small command-line utility for file/dir manipulations. The only…

    Aanonymous anonymous4-22-2008 05:13 UTC
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17. The reason why linus torvalds hate-pascal

    I have read in the Linux Kernel malling list some emails, and I found some points made by Linus Torvalds about Pasca;…

    IAAik, Alan Krause, Andreas Berger4-21-2008 09:59 UTC
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18. Base db-indexes on ansicomparestring?

    Another question: Should we base the indexes on AnsiCompareStr (like TStringList does) or CompareStr by default? Joost

    JMJoost van der Sluis, Michael Van Canneyt4-19-2008 20:24 UTC
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19. Re: Aservia Web Server

    Let me know when a source forge project is available. I would like to help. Ronald Weidner http://www.techport80.com PHP Software developer for hire. Aservia Project…

    RRon Weidner4-17-2008 14:40 UTC
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20. Fixes branch contains cleanroom code

    The fixes branch now contains all cleanroom code from trunk, which is now hopefully relatively bugfree. Please test any applications that you are developing using the…

    MMichael Van Canneyt4-16-2008 19:48 UTC
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21. Reading from exe directly on RAM

    Hello! I want to read data from my executable files. This data is appended to the file, and would like to read it directly instead of loading another copy of the file.…

    MTMarco Alvarado, Tomas Hajny4-16-2008 16:12 UTC
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22. "assertion failed" testing merges into fixes branch

    This morning I saw that r10664 merged revisions 10495-10497,10551,10554,10556-10559,10663 into the 2.2 fixes branch. I pulled down the changes, recompiled fpc, and ran…

    SJSeth Grover, Jonas Maebe4-16-2008 13:07 UTC
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23. Re:Pascal Rant

    people making assumptions on old compilers during their student years, and keep comparing it to later ones forever. we are doomed. -- Maybe a new book needs to be…

    RRichard Ward4-15-2008 11:43 UTC
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24. isWild bug?

    I'm not sure it is a bug or the intended behaviour, so I'm asking here: IsWild('c','cc*',true) returns true IsWild('ca','cc*',true) returns false The first result seems…

    LLuca Olivetti4-15-2008 08:21 UTC
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25. XMLRPC in FPC

    Are there other units/libraries besides WST that would allow me to communicate through XMLRPC to another program ? I might be mistaken, but WST seems to be geared…

    UBCUnknown author, Baeseman, Cliff4-15-2008 05:47 UTC
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26. backport 2.3.1 fix to 2.2.x fixes branch?

    (Apology ahead of time if my question is bad etiquette...) I've been tracking an issue for a while: http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=8730…

    SJSeth Grover, Jonas Maebe4-14-2008 12:22 UTC
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27. cross compile linux x86_64 bit to i386

    What do I require to do in order to cross compile code I've written on an x86_64 to i386 on Linux ? Ido http://ik.homelinux.org/

    IMik, Michael Van Canneyt4-13-2008 11:06 UTC
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28. Serial unit for Linux and Windows

    I am planning to improve, if possible, the serial units for both Linux and Windows, but have a few questions before I proceed any further: 1- I guess the unit…

    SJKStephano, Jeff Wormsley, Koenraad Lelong4-12-2008 08:12 UTC
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29. RSS?

    Is this mailing list also available in RSS?? Utku.

    MJMM. Utku Karataş, Jonas Maebe, MPDJ4-11-2008 15:45 UTC
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30. Looking for a Firebird book?

    Anybody know of a Firebird book I can purchase? Language needs to be in English. I'm looking for something that covers the SQL syntax, DB tuning and importantly,…

    GABGraeme Geldenhuys, afpTeam, Bee4-11-2008 12:47 UTC
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31. Installing fpc 2.2.0 deb packages

    Are there better ways to install fpc 2.2.0 on ubuntu besides downloading ~15 debs from sourceforge ? I'm thinking that it would be much more convenient to have all…

    UVUnknown author, Vincent Snijders4-11-2008 08:29 UTC
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32. help: converting windows API to linux

    I've been trying to convert a Delphi unit to FPC. The problem is the unit utilizes lots of low level windows APIs, such as: VirtualProtect, CreateEvent, CloseHandle,…

    BGGBee, Graeme Geldenhuys, Guillermo Martínez Jiménez4-11-2008 07:00 UTC
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33. Easy way to build all packages

    Is there an easy way to build all packages which are adequate for my architecture? I am using this batch file: PATH=C:\Programas\lazarus22\fpc\2.2.0\bin\i386-win32 cd…

    FFelipe Monteiro de Carvalho4-11-2008 01:20 UTC
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34. How to get a full backtrace in code?

    I'm trying to create a default exception handler dialog for fpGUI. It should display the error message and when the user clicks on the 'Details' button, it should show…

    GMVGraeme Geldenhuys, Mattias Gaertner, Vincent Snijders4-10-2008 15:12 UTC
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35. Problem with running Postgres Example

    I have on my machine installed Windows XP, with PostgreSQL 8.3.1, and FPC 2.2.0 [full version with additional libraries...]. I'm trying to compile and run example…

    AAranius4-10-2008 14:19 UTC
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36. Succ() and Pred() operations

    Hi there! I have installed FPC 2.2.0 [2007/09/09] a few days ago on my WinXP-Pro-SP2, and I'm just taking a Web Tutorial on the language. when I come to "User defined…

    RCCRicardo Viégas, Crause, Christo (JC4-10-2008 08:06 UTC
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37. Constant parameters and double types

    I'm evaluating the effect of passing function parameters by value or by reference. Like stated in the documentation, passing as reference (const) or by value types with…

    LLuiz Americo Pereira Camara4-10-2008 02:10 UTC
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38. Re: Why I?m choosing (Object) Pascal

    MS Windows only, otherwise it looks very interesting, although a bit pricey. No signs of support for other platforms? I must say that the very thought of creating web…

    IBGIngemar Ragnemalm, Bee, greim4-8-2008 11:09 UTC
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39. fcl-db: oracle SP

    Using fcl-db aka sqldb, how to call oracle's stored procedure through toracleconnection? So far, google can't help me much. :( Or is there a special component to handle…

    BIJBee, Inoussa OUEDRAOGO, Joost van der Sluis4-8-2008 10:02 UTC
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40. Get & set IP Address

    Exists there system calls to get the IP address of a computers network card (eth0, eth1, ...) And to set the IP Adress? Rainer

    RSRainer Stratmann, S.Anıl Yılmaz4-7-2008 20:41 UTC
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41. ann: new pascal magazine

    There is a new pascal magazine at http://www.blaisepascal.eu/ It might a good place to promote FreePascal and its technologies, e.g. - fpc features and supported…

    BCLBee, Coco Pascal, Leonardo M. Ram�4-7-2008 12:50 UTC
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42. function now shows bad date (-2 hours)

    Hi. I have this simple demo (in ubuntu, using fpc 2.2.0, locale is sk_SK.utf8): program test; uses SysUtils; begin writeln(DateTimeToStr(now)); end. When I compile it…

    DMTDusan Halicky, Marco van de Voort, T. Guilleminot4-7-2008 10:49 UTC
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43. Why I’m choosing (Object) Pascal

    After a month (a bit more) of writing the above post, I finally released it in my blog: http://idkn.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/why-im-choosing-object-pascal/ Ido…

    IBMik, Bee, Michael Van Canneyt4-6-2008 19:13 UTC
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44. Crash at startup with sqlite project

    I have a simple project with sqlite 3. It's running on Windows with FPC 2.2.0 and svn Lazarus, and my DLL is version is 3_5_7 downloaded from official sqlite website. It…

    FDLFelipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Denis Golovan, Luiz Americo Pereira Camara4-2-2008 23:52 UTC
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45. Read() for multiple variables.

    I am old pascal programmer, but now i teaching pascal and need to understand the old input program readtest; var x:integer; y:integer; s:string; begin read(x, y, s);…

    ZUzaher dirkey, Unknown author4-2-2008 08:24 UTC
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46. Gnu Scientific Library

    What would I need to do if I want to use portions of the GSL? Are there headers written for fpc for this? I looked through JEDI-Math but my understanding is that the…

    MMMatt Henley, Marco van de Voort4-1-2008 14:20 UTC
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47. Save image into BMP or JPEG using Free Pascal (Save screenshot of OpenGL scene)

    I need to save data stored in memory into .bmp or (which would be the better variant) into .jpg file. Actually what I want to do is to save the OpenGL screen (probably…

    JBFJakub Marian, Bent Normann Olsen, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho4-1-2008 11:58 UTC
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