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lazarus · 2008-10

  1. Commercial components for Lazarus

    I have written a post to the database section of the Lazarus forum about a commercial database engine recently ported for Lazarus, which made me think about the whole…

    Unknown author, Duncan Parsons, Graeme Geldenhuys
    16
  2. How to mimic MWSnap's "Window Information" feature on X11

    http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ Mega Indexes contain many free sources for hint handling . A sample of files from a search on page using "hint" is given below ( In other pages…

    Mehmet Erol Sanliturk, Héctor Fiandor Rosario
    1
  3. Lazarus crashes on ctrl+c on ubuntu 8.10

    as the topic says copying does not work as pressing ctrl+c immediately crashes lazarus. lazarus output: [WARNING] Out of OEM specific VK codes, changing to unassigned…

    Lord Satan, Graeme Geldenhuys, Ireneusz Wyglądała
    7
  4. Default caption in MessageDlg()

    I just noticed that if I do a MessageDlg('Some ErrorMessage', mtError, [mbOk], 0) ; (so I do not specify a custom caption for the dialog) then the caption of the dialog…

    Bart, Henrique Faria, Vincent Snijders
    6
  5. Impossible to debug with Lazarus IDE

    Has anybody actually noticed that it's impossible to debug an application with Lazarus IDE. I normally use tiOPF's Log() methods to debug code or writeln() statements,…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, ABorka, Bogusław Brandys
    27
  6. TSQLQuery & ApplyUpdates

    Ok, I am trying to understand how to use tsqlquery to update my data (using mysql.) It doesn't work, but I think I am on the right idea. I have never used this…

    Terry A. Haimann, Joost van der Sluis
    3
  7. Cannot install Lazarus-0.9.26/fpc-2.2.2 on Suse 10.0, help needed

    On my rather old computer I run Suse 10.0 (as my second OS). I tried to upgrade my existing Lazarus (0.9.24) to 0.9.26. I downloaded the rpm's for fpc, fpc-src and…

    Bart, Florian Klaempfl, Joost van der Sluis
    13
  8. configure tools: show output of command

    is it possible to open a window or source editor page showing the oputput of a system command in lazarus? E.g. I want to have a man page shown for a system function…

    Marc Santhoff, Mattias Gaertner
    1
  9. Mac OS X : Certain properties not being persisted...

    Within the Carbon IDE, I've noticed certain properties are not being persisted consistently. The first is the ItemHeight property of the TListBox. I've had to ammend the…

    Unknown author, Paul Ishenin
    3
  10. intrepid and lazarus

    I just upgraded to Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex but just compiling a new project in lazarus I obtain: Hint: Start of reading config file /etc/fpc.cfg Hint: End of reading config…

    Andrea Mauri, Mattias Gaertner, Vincent Snijders
    8
  11. Hint at statusbar.

    Hello List. I have this piece of code that shows the hint at statusbar on Delphi: ... private { private declarations } procedure AppHint(Sender : TObject); ... procedure…

    Henrique Faria, Graeme Geldenhuys, Luca Olivetti
    6
  12. Units missing

    I upgraded last night to the Lazarus-0.9.27-17155-fpc-2.2.2-20081030-win32.exe nightly build. My application won't compile with the following error:…

    Dave Coventry, Mattias Gaertner
    3
  13. Unit InterfaceBase

    Hi, everyone. I`m getting the error "Can't find unit InterfaceBase used by Interfaces" when I try to compile a simple project with Lazarus 0.9.26 under Windows XP Home…

    Leandro Foly, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
    2
  14. Multiple onSelection events

    I'm getting multiple 'onSelection' events from one mouseclick on a TSgringGrid entity. Can anyone suggest a cure for tis?

    Dave Coventry, Jesus Reyes A.
    1
  15. 0.9.26 (FPC 2.2.2) on Slackware and Debian

    I've set up a rather elderly Compaq here specifically for a number of jobs where I expect to have to wipe it and re-install if necessary. On it I have Slackware 12.1 and…

    Mark Morgan Lloyd, Andrew Haines, Henry Vermaak
    11
  16. Carbon: 10.4.11 tab key hangs on 10.5.4

    I'm not sure if this was already brought up, and I did search bug tracker - with no luck. I've noticed that many native Mac OS X controls no longer receives focus in…

    EarMaster - Bent Olsen, Tom Gregorovic
    7
  17. Initializing my App

    How can I tell when my application has loaded and I can start initializing some of the form elements? At the moment I place all of the initialization routines in the…

    Dave Coventry, Bogusław Brandys, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
    18
  18. Creating DLL at Lazarus

    Hello I'm delphi's user, I want to create LAZARUS DLL / SO. At Delphi I can not used var type string at parsing parameter library If I don't want use delphi's dll. What…

    Darmawan Sugiarto
    0
  19. experimental MDI support in IDE

    I read some time back there was experimental support for MDI (docking) in Lazarus IDE. How do I enabled and build Lazarus IDE with MDI interface enabled? - Graeme -…

    Graeme Geldenhuys
    0
  20. Carbon: Application menu

    When you compile and run Carbon applications on a Mac you'll get an application menu up in the top left with some default menu items, but the items do always appear in…

    EarMaster - Bent Olsen, Tom Gregorovic
    2
  21. Crash while Copy/Paste

    since I upgraded to Ubuntu Intrepid last week Lazarus crashes during copy/paste with the following backtrace. Any Ideas? *** glibc detected ***…

    Sebastian Kraft, Mattias Gärtner, Vincent Snijders
    2
  22. 0.925 editor of the Chinese characters overlap

    I now use Lazarus 0.925 (2008-5-30) version, it's feeling better than 0.924. But there is a regret that, in the editor, type the Chinese characters will be crowded…

    peng, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Joost van der Sluis
    27
  23. Canvas.CopyRect query...

    I'm using the following code to copy a portion of one TImage to a second TImage procedure TForm1.Button2Click(Sender: TObject); var i, x, xx, yy, ww, hh, pos : integer;…

    Unknown author, Mattias Gaertner
    3
  24. TListview issues

    We're trying to implement drag&drop from/to a TListView. There are several issues: 1. The selected listitem is not yet set when the drag is initialized. This prevents…

    Michael Van Canneyt
    0
  25. wince - system.ppu

    (Now I'am talking about the 2.2.3 & 2.2.2 windows versions of the lazarus installer) I' ve installed lazarus in c:\Programme\lazarus (snapshot from yesterday) and…

    Unknown author, Henry Vermaak
    1
  26. Lazarus Custom Tools issue under Windows

    For my fpGUI development with Lazarus IDE, I launch the fpGUI UI Designer by pressing Ctrl+Shift+F12. That shortcut is a custom tools setup and passes the current editor…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Mattias Gärtner, Vincent Snijders
    6
  27. Mac OS X : Unable to assign events from within Carbon IDE...

    Using SVN version 17134 I am unable to assign events like OnClick etc using the Carbon IDE with a double click. It simply jumps to the top of the .pas unit and the focus…

    Unknown author, Christian Budde, Martin Friebe
    6
  28. Carbon: PostMessage/SendMessage

    I've read about "New 0.9.26 features. Part 1. SendMessage and PostMessage", and we are using PostMessage from a thread in Lazarus v0.9.27 rev 16990+ on both Mac OS X…

    EarMaster - Bent Olsen, mitya boyarintsev
    2
  29. Mac OS X : How to get my app to show proper Short-Cuts...

    I have a Carbon application, but the Short-cuts do not display correctly in the menus and as such don't work correct. For example The File Open menu short-cut displays as

    Unknown author, EarMaster - Bent Olsen, Tobias Giesen
    7
  30. Rotating a bitmap

    How can I rotate a bitmap 90? counterclockwise ? Alternatively, how can I read/write the pixels in the bitmap ? I found ReadChannels/WriteChannels from RawImage, but they

    Michael Van Canneyt, Graeme Geldenhuys, Luiz Americo Pereira Camara
    11
  31. How to mimic MWSnap's "Window Information" feature on X11

    MWSnap is an excellent screenshot capture program for the Windows platform. It includes a few other nice features as well. One of them is a "Window Information" feature.…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Funky Beast
    11
  32. Getting active project filename

    I'm working on an IDE plugin, and I would need to determine the name (full path) of the active projectfile. I have been looking in the ideintf, but was not able to…

    Darius Blaszyk, wile64
    2
  33. Main menu hiding

    0.9.25 compiled for Win-32 running on NT allows you to hide and unhide a form's main menu depending on the visibility of the items on the menu, i.e. if nothing's visible…

    Mark Morgan Lloyd, Graeme Geldenhuys, Henry Vermaak
    8
  34. Sdpo 0.1.5 released

    We have just released a new version of the Sdpo Components Library. A new component was added (TSdpoVideo4L2) which allows the control of UVC compliant USB cameras…

    Paulo Malheiros
    0
  35. Lazarus on x86 Slackware 12.1

    I'm currently trying to build Lazarus 0.9.26 on Slackware 12.1, which appears to have a fairly clean set of gtk 2.0 libraries unlike Debian which has a lot of 1.2 stuff.…

    Mark Morgan Lloyd, Andrew Haines, Mattias Gaertner
    6
  36. SVN+Virtualbox for multiplatform developers

    Hi: Last night I was able to virtualize a small Debian system containing a SVN server, following instructions from http://www.howtoforge.com/debian_subversion_websvn . …

    Gustavo Enrique Jimenez
    0
  37. Bugreport 0012403

    bugreport http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=12403 In radiogroup.inc there is a method called procedure TCustomRadioGroup.UpdateItems; inside is created strange…

    Bogusław Brandys, Mattias Gaertner
    2
  38. Issue with IDispatch.Invoke: Can't set Word.Application.Visible to false?

    I've trying to connect to a Word or Excel application with Lazarus 0.9.26. I've tried going to the "Invoke" API, and it still doesn't work. I'm able to create a…

    Thierry Coq, Gerard N/A, Guadagnini David
    2
  39. Rotated text ?

    Is it possible to draw text at a 90? angle ? Michael.

    Michael Van Canneyt, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Henry Vermaak
    9
  40. Possible bug with 0.9.26

    I have a test app that uses the dbnavigator control. The DBNavigator control has an OnClick event. When I run this through Lazarus it hangs, but if I run the compiled…

    Terry A. Haimann, matt shaffer
    1
  41. MacOSAll.pas has invalid UTF-8 characters

    <fpc>/packages/univint/src/MacOSAll.pas It's easily noticeable using an editor like KWrite or gEdit. KWrite make them easier to spot, by showing a black circle with…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Florian Klaempfl, JoshyFun
    8
  42. Carbon PPC: Blue-ish images from ImageList

    Few months back I issued a bug regarding images getting "Blue-ish" when you assign speedbuttons glyph with images from a imagelist - see:…

    EarMaster - Bent Olsen, Marc Weustink, mitya boyarintsev
    5
  43. 0.9.26 released

    The Lazarus team is glad to announce the 0.9.26 release. This release is based on fpc 2.2.2. This release can be downloaded from the sourceforge download page:…

    Mattias Gaertner, Aleš Katona, Alexsander da Rosa
    21
  44. Mantis statistics / More

    Just seen the thread about statistics. I thought I bring forward another idea I recently had. Would it make sense to add some fields to the bugs, classifying them as: -…

    Martin Friebe
    0
  45. WebService API for Mantis?

    Is there some external or webservice API for Mantis? For example: Can I write a Lazarus GUI program to view and submit bug reports, without using a Web Browser? …

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Marc Weustink, Michael Van Canneyt
    5
  46. Mantis statistics

    Does Mantis have a statistics page we can view? Things like new reports per month or week. Resolved reports per week or month. Bug reports per release etc, etc... I'm…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Florian Klaempfl, Marc Weustink
    6
  47. [OT] Archiving a web page

    If you guys are like me, you often save a web page for off-line viewing or archiving purposes. I also often print out a web page for leisure reading, but more often…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, tiziano de togni
    2
  48. New about dialog in 0.9.27 (svn trunk)

    I love the new about dialog and the animated information. :-) The pride and joy of a programmer - creating the about screen. ;-) One not so great feature is when you…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Alexander Klenin, Bee
    22
  49. Laz 0.9.27 uses 0.9.26 settings (when it did not before)

    Sorry for the bit cryptic subject. Here's my problem. I use 2 Lazarus versions on my WinMe system. - Lazarus stable in \Programmas\Lazarus\ - Lazarus from SVN in…

    Bart, JoshyFun, Reenen Laurie
    4
  50. project options bug

    lazarus crashes when moving the trackbar for the icon size (to size 0) in the project options dialog. Andrea

    Andrea Mauri
    1