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lazarus · 2009-07

  1. Buttoncaptions gone in dialogs?

    Windows Vista, Laz. 0.9.26.2 beta rev 18980, FPC 2.2.2 Captions of buttons in all IDE dialogs (Aboutbox, configure build, project options etc) are invisible. Glyphs are…

    John vd Waeter, Kostas Michalopoulos, Silvio Clecio
    2
  2. Lazarus 0.9.26, 0.9.26.1, 0.9.26.2, 0.9.27 ou 0.9.28? (Silvio Clécio)

    Few days I published this topic, how ignorant I was :( . I did not know about GTK, QT... With that, I was limited to what was native. Today, after I learned about…

    Silvio Clecio, Adrian Veith, Bee
    20
  3. quote-printable mime decoding

    i have a need to decode quote-printable mime from a stream but i'm unable to get TBase64DecodingStream to do this easily... i found only one "example" of using it on the…

    waldo kitty
    1
  4. ref,user and prog in chm format

    Nice one, Marco. Now can this be integrated with Lazarus IDE some how? So that when I press F1 or Ctrl+F1 that lhelp gets launched and shows the appropriate context…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Marco van de Voort
    2
  5. Mac OS X : Using TOpenDialog to select a Mac Application...

    I'm trying to use the TOpenDialog to allow the user to select an external editor for things like code changes or to play back music, but I can't work out how I can get…

    Unknown author, dmitry boyarintsev
    4
  6. Mac OS X : TreeView in-place node Editing causes AV...

    Hi all, just tried the following.... New Application. Dropped a TreeView on the main form Added a few root and child nodes. Ran the application Clicked a Node twice so…

    Unknown author, dmitry boyarintsev
    2
  7. Newbie: Greeting and ask how to add a patch?

    i don't know if this is the right place to ask but i have a stupid question how can i add a patch? some time ago i've added a small adjustment on RX component from…

    Raditya Perdhevi, Christian Iversen, Leslie Kaye
    3
  8. Todo list items inside Lazarus Packages (.lpk)?

    I use the Lazarus todo list feature (View > Todo List) often. I also use Lazarus Packages a lot to group my code. But if I am working on a application, and in my case…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Mattias Gaertner, Mattias Gärtner
    8
  9. Compiling Package => Crash during rebuild

    Hi. I'm not sure whether this problem is down to the package or Lazarus. I have tried to install the latest trunk version of FPSpreadSheet (found here:…

    Torsten Bonde Christiansen, JoshyFun
    1
  10. Lazarus

    2009/7/28 Brian Prentice : Maybe you should send this to the lazarus mailing list? Does the Java Swing toolkit have c-style bindings? I expect it doesn't, which would…

    Henry Vermaak, Andrew Brunner, Giuseppe Luigi Punzi
    2
  11. Persistent blocks in Lazarus

    [cross-posted to lazarus list => please join there to continue the topic] I am trying to figure out how they work.... - Block is kept, if cursor moves away. (obvious) -…

    Martin Friebe, Andreas Berger, Hans-Peter Diettrich
    13
  12. How to enable Kylix 3 language help inside Lazarus IDE

    I thought I would share this tip with you all. I found this by accident while playing with Google. Enabling Lazarus IDE to use the Kylix 3 help for context sensitive…

    Graeme Geldenhuys
    0
  13. Lib Load in WinCE

    I am having problems loading a dll with WinCE my library code (cut down) ------------------------------------------ Library LxLibA01; {$mode objfpc}{$H+} uses Interfaces;

    SteveG
    1
  14. startlazarus: EAccessViolation : Access violation

    I do an svn update, and then, a make clean all Somebody knows, why I get this exception trying to run "./startlazarus --pcp=./config ? galilea:lazarus glpunzi$…

    Giuseppe Luigi Punzi Ruiz, dmitry boyarintsev, Graeme Geldenhuys
    9
  15. UML Designer program

    Hi all. Where can i find information for create a designer with control of entities: redesign, move entities (squares), like uml designer. Like IbEasy Designer. Any code…

    Osvaldo Filho, Leslie Kaye
    1
  16. Have cp1251 displaying problem from MySQL database.

    Hello all. I have with cp1251 displaying problem from MySQL database. It seems, 1.5 years ago don't has problems. MySQL is 5.0.45-community-nt OS is WinXP Lazarus…

    Andre, Antônio, Paul Ishenin
    2
  17. svn2.freepascal.org server is down

    Can somebody kick the http://svn2.freepascal.org server as it has been down for a couple of hours now. Thanks. 'svn up' command times out. Accessing that server via a…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Inoussa OUEDRAOGO
    1
  18. SQLite & PostgreSQL database questions

    I'm reading up on some of the backend databases that FPC & Lazarus supports via SqlDB. * Is SQLite a local database only? Something like MS Access (Jet database)? Can…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Alex du Plessis, David W Noon
    6
  19. Would like to help, but....

    I like to help in fixing issues. But with this one I am not sure if it makes sense to do this, and if yes, then what would be the best way.…

    Samuel Herzog, Mattias Gaertner
    4
  20. Call Stack windows scrollbars do not work

    Has anybody else noticed that the Call Stack windows scrollbars do not work. In the attached screenshot you can see that the horizontal scrollbar is not scrollable, even…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Jesus Reyes, Marc Weustink
    3
  21. utf8 to lowercase?

    sometimes it's the simple stuff.... s:='utf8 string with german umlauts' s2:=AnsiLowerCase(s); on windows, does not convert the umlauts. Anyone knows how to do this…

    Martin, dmitry boyarintsev, Maxim Ganetsky
    2
  22. Wiki Bounties - please update

    http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Bounties I just noticed something on the wiki bounties site. Many of the bounties are $xxx amounts, but that doesn't clearly say what…

    Graeme Geldenhuys
    0
  23. SQL Administration Component for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle

    I wanted to draw attention to a recently added component project I placed in the Bounties section of the Lazarus website. URL: http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Bounties

    Andrew Brunner
    0
  24. gettext now used by LCLproc?

    I noticed in LCLproc rev:20896 use new units "gettext" in uses. What if i am not use gettext for translation of my application?. I dislike gettext, and not like to…

    Zaher Dirkey, Florian Klaempfl, Héctor Fiandor Rosario
    8
  25. Code-Template issue - duplicating text

    Hi I created a while back a code template to fix the case of the word Result. eg: result --> Result [ Yes, I'm full of sh*t ] Anyway, here is the code template as…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Martin Friebe, Reenen Laurie
    9
  26. IDE + GTK2 widgetset + Compiz enabled = Incorrect WM Hints

    For the first time in ages I decided to enabled Compiz (Ubuntu 8.0.4.2 + Gnome Desktop). I only have the Normal Effects enabled - that is already more effects than I can…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Michael Van Canneyt, Paul Ishenin
    3
  27. How to getting network bandwidth in linux

    My plan, the system will to monitor the network devices in linux, such bandwidth, how many active connections, etc, like sockmon or iptables. I want to know, can…

    dayat, Henry Vermaak
    2
  28. Compiling Indy for WinCE

    I try to build my app to run in WinCE with the Indy components included. When I build this, the error message appear like: IdAboutVCL.pas(234,18) Fatal: Can't find unit…

    dayat
    0
  29. Debugging and exception messages

    When I use 'raise exception.create('test');' and run this in the debugger, I get a message that an unknown exception occured, but the error-message (test) isn't showed.…

    Joost van der Sluis, Marc Weustink, Paul Ishenin
    4
  30. Indy

    If I was able to get Indy to compile and install under the FPC but not Lazarus, can I still use it?

    John Meyer, Dave Parsons, Graeme Geldenhuys
    3
  31. Problem reading an XML file

    I'm trying to retrieve an XML file from a web site but I'm not able to do it through this code. Maybe I'm being a little too VB-ish, but here's my code: procedure…

    John Meyer, Sergei Gorelkin
    2
  32. [Component] Directory Browser

    I note that in Lazarus the component TDirectoryListBox is not present. I need a similar component that allows you to select the directory from code. I note the component…

    Guadagnini David, Graeme Geldenhuys, Marc Weustink
    4
  33. New project defaults

    How can I set new project defaults. When I create a new "Free Pascal Project", it always generates the *.rc file, 8.manifest and includes a resource for the icon etc...…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Hess, Philip J
    4
  34. "Show compile dialog" location

    Last night I was looking for the "Show compile dialog" checkbox to disable it. It took me a good few minutes to find. Eventually I found it, but definitely not in a…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Jürgen Hestermann, Marc Weustink
    7
  35. Sockets

    Hi, I'm newbie in sockets programming. I have code like: if not Accept(S, FromName, Sin, Sout) then perror('Server accept: '+FromName); The FromName variable is string.…

    dayat, Marc Weustink
    4
  36. startlazarus and memory consumption

    I was looking at my system processes and noticed that 'startlazarus' is consuming 26.7MB virtual memory & 14.5MB physical memory. Now I'm not 100% sure what the…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Brad Campbell, Hans-Peter Diettrich
    35
  37. Two simple questions

    Dear people, I have two simple questions for us: 1) How define I must use for check (during the compilation) if the compiler is Delphi or Lazarus ? 2) How define I must…

    Guadagnini David, Michael Van Canneyt, Paul Ishenin
    7
  38. Some useless repository statistics - just for fun

    While enjoying my cup of coffee on this freezing cold winter's morning, I thought I would play around in the Lazarus repository. I am situated in the GMT+2 time zone, so…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Alexander Klenin, Paul Ishenin
    4
  39. SqLite

    Anybody know if it is possible to dynamically load the sqlite library ? At the moment my app aborts if the lib is not found at startup, I would like to have control of…

    SteveG, Henry Vermaak, Joost van der Sluis
    6
  40. TPageControl.OnChange

    In Delphi, TPageControl.OnChange is triggered whenever the user clicks on a tab and the tab was changed. In Lazarus this does nothing. Lazarus does have OnPageChange,…

    Michael Van Canneyt
    0
  41. Leftover ppas.sh file

    Whenever I do a Quick Compile (Ctrl+Shift+F9 on my system), there is always a temp file remaining in the default output directory. The file is "ppas.sh" on my Linux…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Henry Vermaak, Mattias Gaertner
    9
  42. Which Lazaraus should be started?

    Hi - I'm running Lazarus under Linux, and recently rebuilt Lazarus to use gtk2. Now whenever I restart Lazarus, I now get the question "Which Lazarus should be started?"…

    Marc Adams, Mattias Gaertner, waldo kitty
    4
  43. Linux Journal #185 (Sep 2009)

    The August 2009 Linux Journal magazine mentions that their next issue (Sep 2009, #185) will contain an article on Lazarus. The theme of the issue is cross platform…

    Doug Chamberlin, Graeme Geldenhuys, Michael Van Canneyt
    3
  44. LNet + fcl-web 2.3.1 fastcgi.pp

    The package LNet has a unit with the same name of fpc 2.3.1: fastcgi.pp How can i install lnet?

    Osvaldo Filho, Aleš Katona, Joost van der Sluis
    10
  45. SVN "connection was closed" error

    I have been received the following "connection was closed" error from SubVersion's SVN client. I have to constantly resume the connection after a timeout error and is…

    Graeme Geldenhuys
    0
  46. the protected property TCompressionStream.OnProgress

    Hi all! i wanted to compress a file using TCompressionStream, with a progressbar to show the progress. i wrote the code but they got Compilation Error: var…

    闫程远, Antônio, Mattias Gaertner
    4
  47. Reading a file that contains UTF-8 text

    Sorry if this is not in the correct mailing list, but I thought, seeing that Lazarus can read .pas files or .lfm files that contain utf-8 text, you guys might know the…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Zaher Dirkey
    2
  48. copy from topenglcontrol

    there is a way to copy to clipboard or to save an image from a TOpenGLControl? Andrea

    Andrea Mauri, Valdas Jankūnas
    1
  49. Font sizes on various platforms

    Could anybody help me with the following font problems please... DPI Differences =============== As far as I know this is the following default DPI settings on various…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Bruce Tulloch, Geoff Bagley
    20
  50. Renaming a form jumps to project source

    Since quite some time, when the form in the designer is renamed, the code window jumps to the project source. Why is this ? This was not so in older versions of Lazarus,…

    Michael Van Canneyt, Lee Jenkins
    1