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fpc-pascal · 2008-08

  1. 2.2.2 INSTALL PROBLEM

    I JUST GOT 2.2.2 TO REPLACE MY 2.2.0 VERSION. When I compile a file that worked fine before it aborts immediately WITH A MESSAGE: "UNABLE TO OPEN: …

    John Youngquist, Jonas Maebe, Ludecan
    7
  2. FPC 2.3.1 on Mac OS X?

    I've read that there are some issues with FPC 2.2.0 on Mac OSX. Is it save to install version 2.3.1 already ? Paul

    Paul, Bee, Damien Gerard
    7
  3. SSocket: TSocketServer.StopAccepting

    Hi! I'm using the SSocket unit with TSocketServer (and TInetServer) for TCP/IP communication in a multi-threaded application. To listen (and accept) connections from a…

    Johann Glaser, Michael Green
    2
  4. Installing on Mac OS X

    I have installed FPC 2.2.2 and Lazarus, both "Installed ok". I'm shamed to say this, but I can't even find the applications. (first time apple user) :-( The only thing…

    Paul, Damien Gerard, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
    33
  5. Mac OS X api cals

    i want to port one of my Delphi applications to Mac OS X. Before I start (don't even have a Mac yet), I need to know if it's 's a client side part of a remote admin…

    Paul, Damien Gerard, Jonas Maebe
    20
  6. Allegro.pas version 4.2.2 released

    A new version of Allegro.pas was released yesterday. Allegro.pas is a wrapper to allow Pascal compilers (such as Free Pascal) to use the Allegro library in games or…

    Guillermo Martínez Jiménez, EarMaster - Bent Olsen, Jonas Maebe
    7
  7. License question about some sysutils .inc files

    Hello everyone! I just happened to see the license on fina.inc / finah.inc and a few other includes by Gertjan Schouten, which are used in SysUtils…

    Michael Green, Michael Van Canneyt
    1
  8. Socket library for Mac OS X

    Are there any socket library's available for Mac OSX with FPC? I need Https communication TIA Paul

    Paul, Damien Gerard, Jonas Maebe
    23
  9. fpc 2.2.2 failed to compile extpascal

    I'm experimenting with ExtPascal (extpascal.googlecode.com). I used to get it work using FPC 2.3.1 from SVN. Before today, my FPC SVN latest update is about a month ago.…

    Bee, Florian Klaempfl, Jonas Maebe
    12
  10. string variant

    I've made the following example: program test_variant; uses variatns; var my_var : Variant; begin my_var := 'Hello World'; writeln(my_var); end. The result is Fatal:…

    ik, Jonas Maebe
    2
  11. x86_64 Illegal FPU type

    Suggestions please on what I've done wrong here http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u64q/benchmark.php?test=mandelbrot&lang=fpascal&id=3#log…

    Isaac Gouy, Florian Klaempfl
    3
  12. How do I add a TComponent to TPanel dynamically?

    I hope this the right forum for this question (gtk on lazarus-0.9.24-1.fc8 rpm on fpc-2.2.0-10.fc8 rpm)(but I know there are people here that can help me %^). I would…

    Danie, Marco van de Voort, Mattias Gärtner
    6
  13. Problem found

    I have mentioned in the past that I occasionally need to re-install FPC when it won't launch from the icon. I delete the entire system and then reload. This time it…

    John Youngquist
    0
  14. try except question

    I am using FPC in Turbo compatibility mode. When I include a TRY statement it generates an error. I am trying to trap an overflow exception and generate an error message.

    John Youngquist, Marco van de Voort
    1
  15. Question on exceptions

    When you enable things like range checking. How do you identify when an exception has occurred and what it means? I see messages like "Unhandled exception occurred at…

    John Youngquist, Jonas Maebe, leledumbo
    3
  16. Strange Floating Point Exception problem

    I have an application (for optimizing decisions in the dice game Yahtzee) that uses Real and runs well with FPC on Mac OS X (PPC), but that fails with a Floating Point…

    Tom Verhoeff, Alan Krause, Marco van de Voort
    5
  17. gnugettext

    Hi I am using the gnugettext unit on Linux (Arm9), but when using Russian as translated language I have a problem. All Russian chars are returned as "?" I believe the…

    Carsten Bager, Jonas Maebe, Michael Van Canneyt
    3
  18. Documentation problems

    After downloading the docs, I notice that there's a difference between downloaded version and the one on the site. fpctoc in downloaded version doesn't have any link to…

    leledumbo, Michael Van Canneyt, tom_at_work
    6
  19. Widestrings manager ?

    I have a console application (web server) which prints this message at the console: "This binary has no widestrings support compiled in. Recompile the application with a…

    Steve Howe, Graeme Geldenhuys, Joost van der Sluis
    3
  20. missing functions in libc

    I'm trying to compile LPTK 0.9.0 on FreeBSD 4 using a working fpc 2.0.4. I use this compiler for a long time now and never had the symptoms as following: At first the…

    Marc Santhoff, Marco van de Voort, Michael Van Canneyt
    3
  21. problems posting data with synapse to identi.ca

    Hello everybody! I try to write a little program to interact with identi.ca and struggle with sending a new message. The (better then nothing)API says [1]…

    Tobias Diekershoff
    1
  22. compiling on FreeBSD6 or 7 for target FreeBSD4 possible?

    for some reason I have to have a compiler creating binaries for FreeBSD all computers around here are on the way to FreeBSD 6 or 7 I have to decide between having a…

    Marc Santhoff, Boris Samorodov
    2
  23. [Linux] Accessing Shared Libraries in *Current* Binary Directory

    For portability reason I would need to keep my shared libraries in the same directory as the binary which need to call them. As per…

    T. Guilleminot, Alan Krause, tom_at_work
    2
  24. FPC shared libraries for Mac OS X

    Can anyone give me a hint how to set the 'install_name', 'compatibility_version' and 'current_version' in FPC shared libraries for Mac OS X? By default my libraries get…

    Werner Bochtler, Jonas Maebe
    3
  25. Compiling FPC 2.2.2 with 2.3.1

    Is it possible? I usually use 2.3.1, but sometimes I need the stable version, too. I'd like to build everything from source as I'm doing a custom build (at least, not…

    leledumbo, Joost van der Sluis
    1
  26. set SONAME in LINUX shared libraries

    Can anyone give me a hint how to set the 'soname'in FPC shared libraries for LINUX? I have tried to pass "-soname libTest.so.0" via the k-switch to the linker but this…

    Werner Bochtler, Marco van de Voort
    2
  27. Manual smartlinking

    How to manually smartlink programs? I have a bunch of units and a program entry point defined in asm file. Currently, I only link all the *.o files. Though I've used…

    leledumbo, Jonas Maebe, Peter Vreman
    7
  28. Inspecting output while debugging

    Is it possible to see the output in a separate window? It's not nice to press Alt+F5 just to see user screen. With separate window, I can see both the movement of line…

    leledumbo
    0
  29. List of Cygwin libraries needed to build FP IDE with debugging support on Windows

    Does anyone have it? Until FPC supports MinGW (I hope), I surrender to the needs of Cygwin for building FP IDE with debugging support under Windows. I don't have Cygwin…

    leledumbo
    0
  30. Reading non-printable caracters in file (linux)

    Dear. I need to read /proc/pid/cmdline files But if i use a standard function that read file with assign,"readln",EOF some important non-printables caracters are not…

    TOUZEAU DAVID, Jonas Maebe
    1
  31. RE: Laz Snapshot Link

    That is an old link. IT should be http://www.hu.freepascal.org/lazarus/ ------ Thanks for the info. I was at this page:…

    Richard Ward, Vincent Snijders
    1
  32. Converting C's bit field struct

    Since no one answers on message board, I'll post it here. C struct: typedef unsigned int u32int; typedef struct page { u32int present : 1; // Page present in memory…

    leledumbo, Jonas Maebe, Michael Van Canneyt
    11
  33. Failed to bootstrap under Linux (wrong filename casing, needs manual workaround)

    I try to bootstrap my FPC, but I failed on: Can't find unit variants used by db when I check it out, the unit is there but with the wrong case. It's Variants. The weird…

    leledumbo
    0
  34. Fatal Error

    When I try to Compile I get an error that it is "Unable to open file C:\FPC\2.2.2\bin\i386-win32\fp.cfg" but when I go to that directory in Windows Explorer, I can find…

    Brad Woosley, Arne Hanssen, Michael Van Canneyt
    3
  35. Compiler option to check return value ignorance

    Sometimes we forgot whether a function argument is passed by reference or by value. What if the result is actually important? For instance, consider the following…

    leledumbo, Jeff Wormsley, Joost van der Sluis
    15
  36. FPC_HAS_FEATURE_TEXTIO - Strange behaviour!

    Hi All!!! Im trying to develop reading capabilities for an OS im helping to develop. When enabling the FPC_HAS_FEATURE_TEXTIO from the RTL, I get a few errors involving…

    SirStorm25, Marco van de Voort, Tomas Hajny
    12
  37. Understanding the .bin format

    Hi all! Does anyone have the specification for the .bin (binary) file type? Regards SirStorm25. View this message in context:…

    SirStorm25, Johann Glaser, Marco van de Voort
    2
  38. EOLESysError calling CreateOLEObject

    I created a very simple program to create a shortcut in the desktop, but it crashes with EOLESysError (nothing else in the error message). I tryed to google, but it…

    Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Inoussa OUEDRAOGO, Marco van de Voort
    13
  39. FPC Lazarus Snapshot link

    I can't seem get through to the Laz snapshot page which is provided from the Wiki page. http://www.de.freepascal.org/lazarus/ Thank you for posting links to all the Laz…

    Richard Ward, Vincent Snijders
    1
  40. Mac & WinCe

    I need to port a Delphi program to Mac and WinCe, but I've never used FPC. What is the best version of FPC/Lazarus to use ? Where can I find documentation ? I also need…

    Paul, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Jeff Wormsley
    8
  41. Translate C to Pascal

    How to translate this: struct a; Mattias

    Mattias Gärtner, Damien Gerard, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
    15
  42. Re: Help with Free Pascal - RTL!!

    Hello SirStorm25 Didn't expect to see you here. Check the top of system unit and systemh.inc and you'll find out why. View this message in context:…

    leledumbo, SirStorm25
    5
  43. Message methods with string identifier

    I've some problems with message methods with string identifiers: the DispatchStr method in the TObject class seems not to be working. For example I have: TMsg = record…

    Leonardo Cecchi
    0
  44. ask some reference books

    Would you please recommand some useful reference books for Free Pascal or other Pascal-related language,such like objectPascal and Ada...... here I'm in PRChina,and soon…

    Galloplus Chang, Francisco Reyes
    2
  45. Pascal equivalent to split/explode commands?

    Is there anything simmilar to the functions other languages have split/explode? I will be reading a delimited file, usually tabs, and want to parse it into variables or…

    Francisco Reyes, Lee Jenkins, leledumbo
    2
  46. MSEide+MSEgui version 1.8 for FPC 2.2.2

    MSEide+MSEgui version 1.8 for FPC 2.2.2 has been released: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mseide-msegui Martin

    Martin Schreiber, Mattias Gaertner
    2
  47. FPC version 2.2.2 released.

    The Free Pascal team is pleased to announce that version 2.2.2 is released and available for download for all major platforms: (in alphabetical order) Dos, FreeBSD,…

    Michael Van Canneyt, Marco van de Voort, Michael Fuchs
    4
  48. Unit/library for writing data structures to files

    I looked through the contributed units in the http://freepascal.org site and did not see anything that could take an array or some other data structure and write it to…

    Francisco Reyes, David W Noon, Michael Van Canneyt
    4
  49. Access inherited^2

    Hi! How can I access an inherited inherited method which was overloaded? ====== Example: ====== {$mode objfpc}{$H+} Program TestInherited; Uses Classes, SysUtils; Type…

    Johann Glaser, Alexey Taran, Joao Morais
    7
  50. FP/GTK-GLib : Sending/Accessing Callback GPointer data ?

    I'd like to be able to pass/access variable(s ?) to/from the "data" part of the "g_signal_connect" function, eg : ... Procedure MyActionProcedure (widget : pGtkWidget ;…

    T. Guilleminot, Marc Santhoff
    2