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1. what is the FPC equivalent of Delphi's zlib unit?

   I need to use CompressBuf and DecompressBuf of zlib in fpc. Dennis

   DDGDennis Poon, Dmitry Boyarintsev, Graeme Geldenhuys10-15-2013 07:01 UTC
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2. Graeme would love this, or not, I think

   You couldn't make this up. Is it a joke or not? Department of Basic Education bans Free and Open Source Software in SA Schools and mandates programming an ancient,…

   VJvfclists ., Jonas Maebe10-15-2013 06:22 UTC
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3. Proposal for a XPath Namespace Resolver

   (Let me know if bugtracker is better to discuss the idea) Today the XPath Ns Resolver is marked as "Experimental" and is just an alias for TDomNode: TXPathNSResolver =…

   DBDaniel Gaspary, Benito van der Zander10-12-2013 20:03 UTC
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4. which procedure is used for the old zlib decompression in the paszlib unit?

   {This is a resend since the last email did not appear on the elist} I am using the Delphi 5's zlib procedure CompressBuf (Src, SrcLen, Dest, DestLen) to compress data to…

   DDennis Poon10-11-2013 16:22 UTC
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5. FPC 2.6.2 for DOS/Go32V2 FP.EXE cannot run a second time

   FPC 2.6.2 for DOS/Go32V2 There is the fatal IDE unstability in FPC 2.6.2 under pure DOS. IDE almost always starts only first time (after installation or reboot). I start…

   LMPLubomír Čabla, Marco van de Voort, Pierre Free Pascal10-10-2013 18:01 UTC
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6. free pascal and game consoles

   hi every one i just want to know if it is possible to generate application for game consoles such as playstation , xbox , .. with FPC , since fpc is a multiple processor…

   ADMairpas, doufa isntmyname, Michael Schnell10-10-2013 16:55 UTC
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7. DOS compiler wiki page: please review

   I decided to start a page for the DOS compiler - as more details become available we can hopefully collect them there. As usual: additions/corrections welcome,…

   RGNReinier Olislagers, greim, Nikolay Nikolov10-10-2013 16:23 UTC
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8. fcl-process, SimpleIPC and pipes

   I must implement communication between 2 processes. I believe SimpleIPC is good for that purpose and it is well tested in a cross-platform system (Lazarus <-> ChmHelp).…

   JMMJuha Manninen, Mark Morgan Lloyd, Michael Van Canneyt10-8-2013 14:54 UTC
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9. Re: build a compiler for GO32v2 under Windows 8 (or 7)

   (first time I am using the mail list ... I may do it wrong!) I have a quite big program (now with more than 200.000 lines), first build with TP7. For example it accesses…

   PLMPhilippe, Lukasz Sokol, Marco van de Voort10-8-2013 12:04 UTC
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10. [OT] sealed?

    I was surfing the internet and came across this structure Delphi: TJSONPair = class sealed(TJSONAncestor) So, what is this? Link:…

    SDDsilvioprog, Dennis Poon, Dmitry Boyarintsev10-8-2013 11:06 UTC
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11. use cwstring or fpwidestring on linux

    Are there some practical differences which one to use on linux ? When I will use only fpwidestring, then when use functions CompareUnicodeString / CompareWideString and…

    KMSko paka, Michael Schnell, stdreamer10-7-2013 15:55 UTC
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12. Getting the state of a TRTLCriticalSection

    Is there a preferred way of reading back whether something (including the current thread) has already entered a TCriticalSection? I'm trying to put assertions in code…

    MBJMark Morgan Lloyd, Benito van der Zander, Jonas Maebe10-7-2013 12:33 UTC
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13. OT: (y) WAS: How to stop a HttpApp via request?

    LOL I was puzzled too. And found a "funny" topic in Yahoo Answers :-o But in the end found it's a shortcut for Thumbs Up in Microsoft Messenger. -Flávio

    FMSFlávio Etrusco, Michael Van Canneyt, silvioprog10-6-2013 23:01 UTC
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14. Helpers: Implementation Location influencing the result

    I have created an example to show the different results I got due to where the implementation of a object is . The code is at http://pastebin.com/wY2qmZFm If you cut and…

    DSDaniel Gaspary, Sven Barth10-6-2013 17:01 UTC
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15. How to stop a HttpApp via request?

    I'm trying to stop a HTTP server via request. My code is: http://pastebin.com/503S2Nin (or demo in attached) But it returns: "Could not accept a client connection on…

    SDGsilvioprog, DaWorm, Graeme Geldenhuys10-6-2013 14:43 UTC
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16. is it possible to subclass a generic class?

    I want to do something like this but the compile complains. Type generic TMyMap<TKey, TData> =class( generic TFPGMap<TKey, TData>) destructor Destroy; override;…

    DLDennis Poon, leledumbo10-6-2013 14:04 UTC
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17. gdbm package on Windows

    i want to _read_ *.pag files created as hash ( dbm or ndbm or gdbm) files in Perl (Linux) with freepascal. I used the gdbm package, and it worked fine with Linux. On…

    GSgreim, Sven Barth10-5-2013 16:09 UTC
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18. Custom dataset help request: ftCurrency/ftDateTime returns weird data

    I'm writing a custom dataset that represents a list of bank transactions: [1] When showing a currency field (the Amount field in the transaction object in the code), I…

    RJMReinier Olislagers, Jonas Maebe, Marco van de Voort10-5-2013 13:42 UTC
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19. does Advanced Record constructor automatically zero all the memory space of that record?

    if not, is there a clean and easy way to initialize the entire record memory space to zeros e.g. constructor TMyRecord.Create(TheValue : Integer); begin FillChar(self,…

    DDSDennis Poon, Dmitry Boyarintsev, Sven Barth10-5-2013 04:05 UTC
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20. Sets

    If I have have a set with < 9 elements, like : type TMyEnum = ( xFive ); // Count <= 8, fits in one Byte TMyEnums = set of TMyEnum; then in Delphi a variable of that…

    JJMJuha Manninen, Jonas Maebe, Marco van de Voort10-3-2013 06:20 UTC
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21. read cells contents from .xls file

    File produced by excel 2003. Can anyone tell me the basic ideas, formats, pitfalls - I'd just like to write a short routine & don't want to fight with the complexities…

    JFRJohn Lee, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Reinier Olislagers10-2-2013 11:34 UTC
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22. fpGUI documentation

    Hi Graeme I am really impressed with fpGUI. Judging from the examples and the comments of others, this is exactly what I need. The examples will go a long way in helping…

    PFGPatrick, Fred van Stappen, Graeme Geldenhuys10-2-2013 11:14 UTC
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23. GUI confusion

    Hi Everyone I really like the pascal code I have looked at and I am very excited about FPC. I hope this email won't upset anyone, it is a bit negative. I don't really…

    PBFPatrick, Ben Smith, Fred van Stappen10-1-2013 12:36 UTC
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24. How to use tilog from tiopf2?

    On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho Rather late than never. ;-) In your .lpr file, add the tiLog unit to the uses clause, and also the unit…

    GGraeme Geldenhuys10-1-2013 10:23 UTC
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25. how to directly access field/record value of TBufDataSet?

    Since TBufDataSet is in-memory, to speed things up, how can I directly access the N'th record and M'th field's value as Variant? At this stage, I only need to read the…

    DLMDennis Poon, LacaK, Marcos Douglas10-1-2013 09:52 UTC
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26. how to speed up lazarus compilation and debugging

    I came from the old delphi 5 IDE and I found the lazarus 1.0.8 /FPC 2.6.2 's compilation and debugging a lot slower than Delphi 5. Are there any settings that I can make…

    DGMDennis Poon, Graeme Geldenhuys, Martin10-1-2013 09:31 UTC
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27. sizeof(Enumerated type in Delphi 5) sizeof(The same type in FPC)

    var G : TAutoRefreshFlag; //where type TAutoRefreshFlag = (arNone, arAutoInc, arDefault); sizeof(G) returns 1 in FPC if defined type TAutoRefreshFlag = (arNone,…

    DJDennis Poon, Jonas Maebe9-30-2013 12:23 UTC
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28. property TField.AutoGenerateValue missing in 2.6.2

    I just noticed the above property is missing in FPC 2.6.2 I am porting some old delphi code to FPC and noticed it. If I simply ignore this property value (always assume…

    DMDennis Poon, Michael Van Canneyt9-30-2013 12:23 UTC
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29. Status of UTF8

    I wanted to get the status of WideString support. Specifically Multi-lingual (Ansi/UTF8 strings) using Threads. I noticed that FPC is now automatically converting…

    AJMAndrew Brunner, Jonas Maebe, Michael Schnell9-30-2013 06:45 UTC
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30. class inheritance and type incompatibility

    I have the following program: 1 program test; 2 {$mode objfpc}{$H+} 3 uses tree; 4 type 5 TIntTree = class(specialize TTree<Integer>) 6 public 7 function Clone:…

    XSXiangrong Fang, Sven Barth9-30-2013 04:50 UTC
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