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lazarus · 2008-11

  1. Changing the tab position in Lazarus editor?

    Hi Is it possible to set the tab position of the Lazarus editor tabs? For example, I would like to move the tabs to the right, instead of the top. - Graeme -…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Brad Campbell, Mac Programmer
    8
  2. gtk2 warning

    I get this at every start: [WARNING] Out of OEM specific VK codes, changing to unassigned [WARNING] Out of unassigned VK codes, assigning $FF Is this known? Mattias

    Mattias Gaertner, Lord Satan, Luca Olivetti
    7
  3. Version information under Linux

    Hi Does the "Project Options | Version Information" have any affect under Linux? I noticed it created a <projectname>.rc file, but does it actually include something in…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Michael Van Canneyt, shoKwave
    12
  4. How should "delete to end of word behave"

    In 0.9.26 Lazarus deletes to the end of the current token. (Note current SVN behaves different) |foo_bar := 1; deletes as follows foo_bar <space> := <space> 1 ; There is…

    Martin Friebe, Alexander Klenin, Marius
    8
  5. KOL socketclient object

    How may I use Socketclient (or another socket or TCP components like lNet) component with KOL? How do I convert? Kutlay ?zger -------------- next part -------------- An…

    Kutlay Ozger, Aleš Katona, Bogusław Brandys
    11
  6. LoadLibrary fails on WinCE

    I'm an enthusiast in Lazarus and our company uses it for a database-related project for PDA (handheld computers). However, I have a problem running a compiled…

    Pavel Řezníček, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Patrick Chevalley
    6
  7. MYSQL setup

    Hello I have MYSQL installed and running. I think I need to install something into Lazarus so I can connect etc to DataBases. I have followed source advice but can't…

    Eric March, Joost van der Sluis, Malcolm Poole
    15
  8. Where does Lazarus store/look for global settings/options?

    I was unable to find (in the wiki/FAQ) where Lazarus stores its global settings/options (the ones that are not project-specific and don't go into *.lpi). Where does…

    Tom Verhoeff, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Graeme Geldenhuys
    42
  9. Editing a TDBf record

    Does anyone have experience of TDbf? I want to change an existing record: ival:=strtoint(ConFigs.Values['hubID']); Dbf1.Open; while not(Dbf1.EOF)do begin if…

    Dave Coventry, Luiz Americo Pereira Camara, Marco van de Voort
    4
  10. [joke] Explanation about the Lazarus logo

    http://cdn.ugoto.com/pictures/the_end_of_the_chase-53b.jpg Sorry I found it funny :) Damien Gerard La raison de la bouffe est toujours la meilleure.

    Damien Gerard, Dave Coventry, Florian Klaempfl
    6
  11. user defined code folding regions using $REGION comments

    I added a new feature request for user defined code folding regions. I think such an addition to Lazarus editor would be very useful. I especially think the "folded by…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Gerard N/A, Marc Weustink
    5
  12. Finding out the Hostname of the Computer.

    I'm trying to get the name of the computer my app is running on. I've tried this: function GetThisComputerName: string; var c: array[0..127] of Char; computer: string;…

    Dave Coventry, Aleš Katona, Andrew Haines
    12
  13. Linking to an arbitrary DLL (libusb-win32)

    Out of curiosity I'm trying to press ahead a bit further with linking a Lazarus program that runs successfully with libusb to run instead with libusb-win32. I know that…

    Mark Morgan Lloyd, Sergei Gorelkin
    2
  14. Ping Graeme

    Graeme, I'm trying to use the NPAPI Mozilla Plugin Framework with FreePascal and while searching for info about it I stumbled with a mailing list post that says you…

    Leonardo M. Ramé, Graeme Geldenhuys
    1
  15. Xlib bindings

    I'm binding xlib to FPC, and the code can be found at http://code.google.com/p/pasxlibbind/ . I'm using the svn for version control over there. I hope that at the end I…

    ik
    0
  16. The db-aware controls allow editing a readonly-dataset

    When a dataset is read-only, the db-aware controls allow editing. The changes aren't send to the dataset, though. Which is very confusing for the user. I don't know how…

    Joost van der Sluis, Michael Van Canneyt
    2
  17. A new competitor to Lazarus and Free Pascal

    I never thought I would say this about the Basic language.... :-) But Real Software has made a pretty impressive product called REALBasic. When I read about this back in…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Brad Campbell, Darius Blaszyk
    27
  18. How to trim history lists

    In a similar vein to the question about removing unwanted bookmarks: how does one remove redundant entries from the "Open Recent Project" list? Mark Morgan Lloyd markMLl…

    Mark Morgan Lloyd
    0
  19. libusb access from Lazarus

    I notice that http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Hardware_Access#libusb lists three sets of libusb headers from Uwe Zimmermann, Johann Glaser and Joe Jared. Does anybody…

    Mark Morgan Lloyd, Henry Vermaak, Luca Olivetti
    20
  20. Lazarus with Oracle database

    Has anybody user Lazarus, SqlDB and Oracle? Is there any major issues, or is it smooth sailing. I want to try out the free Oracle Database 10g Express Edition under…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Bee, Joost van der Sluis
    8
  21. How to unset bookmarks in the editor?

    I've set two bookmarks using Ctrl+1 and Ctrl+2 (luckily only two). :-) But now for the life of me I can't unset them! In Delphi I can simply press Ctrl+1 again while…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Alexander Klenin, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
    37
  22. Talking about the future

    Hi! I'm having a Java and web internal course here in the company. The teacher talks about java, javascript, tomcat, jboss, servlets, jsp, etc. Some pupils make…

    Arí Ricardo Ody, Marco van de Voort
    1
  23. Code Folding marker in the editor itself

    I haven't used code folding much, only as a method divider option (Options | Editor | Code Folding). But one thing I noticed while playing with code folding is that it…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Brad Campbell
    2
  24. Jump to end of method

    Is there a way to jump to the end of the method? For example: I might have a long method. Using Ctrl+Shift+[up|down] jumps from Interface to implementation. But when it…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Mattias Gaertner
    2
  25. Information about Docking

    I've been looking at the docking feature(s) of Lazarus, and would like to know more about the current implementation. Where should I look for? One of the most important…

    Hans-Peter Diettrich, Paul Ishenin
    1
  26. Error during linkage editing

    I'm running lazarus 0.9.26 under Mandriva 2008 Spring Free. I'm receivng the error: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lglib during linkage editing. I think there's one or more…

    Arí Ricardo Ody, Hans-Peter Diettrich, Henry Vermaak
    7
  27. LHelp missing unit + codetools bug

    Compiling lhelp project produces the following error: chmspecialparser.pas(1,1) Fatal: Can't find unit chmFIftiMain used by chmcontentprovider Additionally, the source…

    Stephano, Mattias Gaertner, Paul Ishenin
    7
  28. Donations of $$

    Long version : I've been writing somewhat specialised software with Lazarus and fpc that some people seem to find useful. There have been offers of donations of a few…

    Brad Campbell
    0
  29. WinXp Windowing Question

    Hi - having problems getting Laz created windows to 'Stay on Top' in WinXP I have used the Win API, a program called 'cmdow', and another called 'PowerMenu' - all fail…

    SteveG, JoshyFun, Luiz Americo Pereira Camara
    5
  30. Running Lazarus GTK1 (32bit) via a remote X11 from 64bit Linux

    Seeing that GTK2 via remote X11 connection is totally unworkable (every screen has about 15-20 seconds delay). I thought I would use GTK1 instead. I want to use the…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Hans-Peter Diettrich, Joost van der Sluis
    4
  31. Synedit highlighting

    Is there any way of setting the default background colour of a line from a SynHighlighter? I need to change the background colour based on the currently assigned range.…

    Brad Campbell, Martin Friebe
    2
  32. LCL with DirectFB possible ?

    i have to do an embedded project using the gumstix platform ( www.gumstix.com ). Instead of using qt4 I wanted to ask if the LCL can use DirectFB directly ( LCL bindings…

    Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Micha Nelissen
    2
  33. Discount ID 6333515

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  34. jitform.pas won't compile

    I've downloaded the latest SVN Checked out revision 17479. But when I compile I get the following errors: Target OS: Linux for x86-64 Compiling jitform.pas…

    Dave Coventry, Luca Olivetti, Vincent Snijders
    5
  35. WebLaz - Every other request fails

    This is a separate issue than that I posted before. Using either the sessiondemo or echo projects, the request fails every other request. Request: OK Request: Error…

    Lee Jenkins, ABorka, Graeme Geldenhuys
    9
  36. Unicode support in RTL - Roadmap

    I have added a Roadmap section in the following wiki page. If you find anything missing or not 100% implemented, please add it to the wiki page.…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Yury Sidorov
    1
  37. Insert Text -> Changelog entry

    Under "Edit | Insert Text | Genera l ChangeLog entry" in inserts the following text into the editor. 2008-11-20 graemeg <graemeg@> Where do I specify the correct…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Gerard N/A
    2
  38. Improvement request for the object inspector

    Could some Lazarus developer have a look at the patch I posted in http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=12607, and apply it if Ok? It has been targeted to 0.9.28, but…

    Gerard N/A
    0
  39. PlotPanel component updated...

    Marien van Westen has posted an update of his excellent PlotPanel component. The new 0.95 version is available on the Lazarus-ccr Sourceforge site:…

    Tom Lisjac, Marien van Westen
    2
  40. Build number in my application

    My current project is in SubVersion. I user the SubVersion revision number as my Build number in my project version. Currently I use a revision.inc file which I have to…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Henry Vermaak, Mattias Gärtner
    6
  41. WebLaz Question

    Anyone using the WebLaz package? I can compile the demo but when get error when trying to load the datamodule for these demos. I have installed the weblaz.lpk. Lee

    Lee Jenkins, ABorka, Joost van der Sluis
    13
  42. Cross compile: Linux -> win32 (r17408)

    What is wrong? Environment: Ubuntu 8.04.1 FPC: 2.2.3 Lazarus: r17408 in /usr/share/lazarus/ command: make all OS_TARGET=win32 (same with "clean") Output:…

    Osvaldo Filho, Mattias Gaertner, Osvaldo TC Filho
    3
  43. Carbon Bug #12256 - Button appearance on Leopard

    Just noticed if you set the button autosize property to true you get the correctly painted buttons. You then have button alignment issues to deal with, but at least they…

    Brad Campbell, dmitry boyarintsev
    3
  44. K8055 counter [was: libusb access...]

    Mark Morgan Lloyd ra??: ... If I set debounce time to 0ms for I2 (with my app developed in Lazarus) then counter starts counting "air" (board is free from external…

    Valdas Jankūnas, Mark Morgan Lloyd
    1
  45. Getting started with WinCE/Windows Mobile

    I'm a long term Delphi user but completely new to Lazarus/fpc. I'm looking at Lazarus as a means of programming a Windows Mobile Pocket PC in a language I already know.…

    Andy Lawrie, Alexander Klenin, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
    13
  46. Performance of GTK 2 and CE

    I can't help notice that IDE 0.9.26 compiled for gtk2 crawls, I've not yet investigated the speed of gtk2 apps. Is this being slowed down by debugging code, and is there…

    Mark Morgan Lloyd, Aleš Katona, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
    99
  47. Cross-Compiling

    I have this errors with de last svn copy: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:…

    Osvaldo Filho
    0
  48. Apparent bug with Tmemo's font property.

    I have a Lazarus application project with a TMemo (on the TForm)... & when I change the font property of the TMemo in the Object Inspector the new font is NOT show in…

    Peter Williams
    0
  49. How to change TRadioButton state when form is hidden (win32)?

    Hello How to change TRadioButton state when form is hidden (win32)? In Form2 I have 2 Radiobuttons. In Form1 I try do something like that: procedure…

    And3mD, Gerald Pöttler
    4
  50. Ho do I display playing cards with Lazarus?

    How can I display playing cards with Lazarus? (e.g. for card games). Links to any example card games written in Lazarus would be greatly appreciated. Peter W. ;-)))…

    Peter Williams, Andrew Haines, Graeme Geldenhuys
    4