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lazarus · 2009-10

  1. more locals: variable values in sub-functions

    procedure foo; var a : longint; procedure bar; var b : longint; begin writeln (a); end; Given the above, is there a way to make the "Locals" window display the value of…

    David Emerson, Alexsander Rosa, Hans-Peter Diettrich
    19
  2. Lazarus 0.9.28.2 released

    The Lazarus team is glad to announce the 0.9.28.2 release. This release is based on fpc 2.2.4. This release can be downloaded from the SourceForge download page:…

    Vincent Snijders, Graeme Geldenhuys
    9
  3. blocking that pesky assembler window

    whenever a fatal error occurs in my programs, an assembler window pops up. I never use it, and I don't want to see it. I close it dozens (or hundreds) of times every…

    David Emerson, Antônio, Graeme Geldenhuys
    17
  4. Carbon: Loosing kAEOpenDocuments AppleEvents before AppRun

    I might add that this also happens when you call CreateForm for two or more forms, where you call ShowModal (as in a user login form) before the first/main form is…

    EarMaster - Bent Olsen, dmitry boyarintsev, EarMaster - Bent Normann Olsen
    16
  5. Latest version of Lazarus for Mandriva 2008.0?

    I have a PC which seems to have some strange feature whereby versions of the Linux kernel newer than 2.6.22.19 will give clusters of NMIs because it thinks my CPU is in…

    brian, Graeme Geldenhuys, Vincent Snijders
    8
  6. Form to front

    Would anybody know how to ensure a Laz form is brought to top, even if Laz app doesnt currently have focus ? eg - an alert msg/form to be forced to top/front every x…

    SteveG, Antônio, Graeme Geldenhuys
    17
  7. Lazarus and Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala New Release

    I just wanted to write up this problem I had when I installed a fresh copy of the latest and greatest Ubuntu 9.10. Problem #1: My package requirements script noticed…

    Andrew Brunner, Marco van de Voort, Mattias Gaertner
    3
  8. Little Bug on package manager

    For info... When you try to delete requirement on a package, this make crash << invalid argument index in format "". >> Laurent. -------------- next part --------------…

    wile64, Mattias Gaertner, Vincent Snijders
    6
  9. Code signing for Windows deployment...

    How does one sign an application built with FPC/Lazarus to avoid the "Unknown Publisher" warning when the binary is executed? Cheers, Bruce.

    Bruce Tulloch, Alexsander Rosa, Johannes Müller
    3
  10. Bug (whis) at Procedure List : SOLVED, can anyone apply?

    Could anyone check this code and apply to SVN? --- diff --git a/ide/procedurelist.pas b/ide/procedurelist.pas index 9e578af..96d8ba9 100644 --- a/ide/procedurelist.pas…

    Raistware, Flávio Etrusco, Graeme Geldenhuys
    14
  11. Lazarus Path problems when creating new project

    When I create a new project in Lazarus, I'm making the following directory tree: src/project src/output src/forms src/units src/includes In the past, if I would have…

    ik, Mattias Gaertner
    4
  12. DocView and FPC help available for testing

    Disclaimer: :-) Please note, this in only a testing release (not even beta yet) to get some feedback on the DocView program and the layout of Free Pascal's RTL and FCL…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Andrew Haines
    4
  13. Sorting issue in ComboBox list using non-English languages

    In a different message thread it was noted that when the Spanish language is used, sorting doesn't work correctly in ComboBox lists. I assume this will have issues with…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
    3
  14. How to know if font is Fixed Width or not

    As the subject says. How can I determine if a font is a fixed font or not? This is actually for fpGUI Toolkit so I guess I need low level API calls for this. But maybe…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, theo
    2
  15. Cebit Open Source 2010: Call for Projects

    Cebit Open Source 2010: Call for Projects http://www.linux-magazin.de/NEWS/Cebit-Open-Source-2010-Call-for-Projects Is this interesting for the FPC/Lazarus team?

    Michael Schneider, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
    1
  16. Nokia N810 +Ubuntu +Lazarus

    On google: http://www.google.com.br/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=com.ubuntu:pt-BR:unofficial&hs=hOF&q=n810+%2Bubuntu&start=10&sa=N Is lazarus application runable at…

    Osvaldo Filho
    0
  17. Code Explorer

    Hi all; I've found the code explorer a very useful window whilst navigating the code, along with the code observer. Whenever a new unit is displayed in the editor, the…

    Marc, Mattias Gaertner
    1
  18. Lazarus 0.9.28 released

    The Lazarus team is glad to announce the 0.9.28 release. This release is based on fpc 2.2.4. This release can be downloaded from the SourceForge download page:…

    Mattias Gaertner, Darmawan Sugiarto, David B Copeland
    14
  19. New Help System & Viewer - sneak preview

    I've been working on a new help system for fpGUI and Lazarus (IDE & apps). Attached is a screenshot of the Help Viewer I am working on. (please ignore the floating…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Andrew Haines, Marco van de Voort
    41
  20. Carbon: Loosing kAEOpenDocuments AppleEvents before AppRun

    I came across a problem when using TApplicationProperties and waiting for OnDropFiles to be called. In a normal Application Initialize, CreateForm, and Run, the…

    EarMaster - Bent Olsen
    0
  21. Getting Lazarus to run under Snow Leopard

    I have Snow Leopard and have Dev system installed, FPC 2.4, sources and Lazarus. I can build a project and get a success message but when I try to run (test) app form…

    John Coarsey, dmitry boyarintsev, Juha Manninen
    6
  22. [BIDI] Patch Fix TLabel, TStaticText Alignment

    When BidiMode = bdRightToLeft then Alignment property must be work in reversed way Patch file have to fix it, i made function BidiFlipAlignment in "controls.pp", you can…

    Zaher Dirkey
    1
  23. Code navigation in Lazarus 0.9.28

    Hi. Lazarus is getting impressive! Good. The code navigation feature is nice but is not fully implemented. There are no back arrows taking you back to the previous code…

    Juha Manninen, Aleksa Todorovic, Graeme Geldenhuys
    21
  24. Jpeg error

    Was wondering if anybody could tell me why this image from Google maps fails to load in a standard TImage on a form ? Opens ok on my system (Kubuntu 9.04) with other apps

    SteveG, shoKwave
    2
  25. OpenWire for lazarus available at SourceForge

    I have added a Lazarus under Windows compatible OpenWire ://sourceforge.net/projects/openwireproject/ It requires the 0014881 patch in order to work. Hopefully the patch…

    Boian Mitov, Thierry Coq
    1
  26. Debugging Design packages in Lazarus

    Is there a way to debug design time packages in the IDE ? In Delphi the packages are in DLL and by specifying the IDE as a host application you can debug them. What is…

    Boian Mitov, Graeme Geldenhuys, Vincent Snijders
    2
  27. StateImages support in TListView

    Are there plans for StateImages support in TListView ? Boian Mitov ------------------------------------------------------- Mitov Software www.mitov.com…

    Boian Mitov, dmitry boyarintsev, Graeme Geldenhuys
    31
  28. Mac OS X : Zoom Image function...

    I'm trying to port a simple image editor from Delphi to Mac OS X. The problem I have is that when implementing the zoom functionality, I get a lot of anti-aliasing…

    Unknown author, dmitry boyarintsev
    2
  29. It's possible to update an package on Lazarus ?

    It's possible to update an package on Lazarus ? If I install new version of package this is add but not updated, I have 2 packages ! regards Laurent. -------------- next…

    wile64
    0
  30. Linux and Threads

    I'm really not quite sure what the problem is. Here's a quick rundown: 1. I'm running Ubuntu 9.04 2. Lazarus .9.26 3. Using Andorra 2D To be honest, I'm not sure if this…

    Matt Shaffer, Funky Beast
    2
  31. Build graph application (like uml design)

    How can do this: http://br.geocities.com/walterabrahao2004/CE240/ListExs/ListEx5/ListEx5_arquivos/image004.jpg

    Osvaldo Filho, Alexsander Rosa, Bogusław Brandys
    16
  32. Installing Lazarus 0.9.29 trunk on fpc 2.5.1 trunk: can't "make clean all"?

    FPC svn : 13949 Lazarus svn : 22279 Ubuntu 8.04 Installing FPC and Lazarus from the trunk seems fine. But... the units directories in Lazarus are not created. So when I…

    Thierry Coq, Mattias Gaertner, Paul Ishenin
    8
  33. Unsubscribing myself

    Just wanted to post before doing it, I'm unsubscribing from Lazarus and FPC mailing lists (except core) for now. I get tons of msgs daily I no longer read (except about…

    Aleš Katona, Dusan, Florian Klaempfl
    2
  34. Is there a way to get the locale info of the system?

    I want to know what's the current locale of the system (english, portuguese etc) Is there a cross platform way to get this info? Luiz

    Luiz Americo Pereira Camara
    0
  35. How to determine the file extension to use

    I want to launch an application via code. I know the location of the file (it will always be the same directory as the application), but I don't know the file extension.…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Dave Parsons, Vincent Snijders
    13
  36. Fuzzy Logic

    Hello! I'm new to the list and new to lazarus but usual developer on delphi (until now). I'm looking for some kind of component or whatever of Fuzzy Logic, I can make my…

    Fernando Grant, Thierry Coq
    1
  37. Debugging: Some thanks is in order

    I was one of those developers that strongly voiced my opinion on the bad state of debugging in the Lazarus IDE. Well, I am also one to give thanks when it is due... Now…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Thierry Coq
    1
  38. GetAppConfigDir Question

    Are there any similar methods which I can use to get the root directory inside of which Lazarus/fpc create the folder named after the application. For instance, on…

    Lee Jenkins, Bart, Graeme Geldenhuys
    13
  39. Run w/o Debugging

    Has there been discussed, a command placed onto the Run menu of the IDE, with assignable keyboard mapping that will simply run the compiled executable? I know there is…

    Lee Jenkins, Graeme Geldenhuys, Marc Santhoff
    5
  40. "Find in Files" is it filename case-insensitive?

    I think it is, but I would just like to confirm. If I do a "find in files" and specify '*.pas' without the quotes in the filemask field. Would that search for *.PAS,…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Bart, Paul Nicholls
    2
  41. how to create pdf file

    i ussually create pdf from php with fpdf, how to create it in lazarus... with dynamic data.. ( i read text file about 1GB) thanks b4 -------------- next part…

    Dians, Fantomas, Henry Vermaak
    7
  42. Mac OS X : SVN 13908 no longer building...

    I just updated my FPC SVN to 13908, on a clean machine, and it does not build. I'm getting the error... /usr/local/share/fpcsrc/compiler/ppcrossppc -Ppowerpc -XX -CX -gl…

    Unknown author, Marco van de Voort
    3
  43. TListBox + Custom Draw + enabling horizontal scrollbar

    I'm trying to fix the "Configure Build Lazarus" dialog - bug 9791. http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=9791 I managed to enable the Header control to be resizeable…

    Graeme Geldenhuys
    0
  44. gethostbyname() on linux systems.

    Dear coders i have googleized but nothing. i try to find examples or any information in order to get the same gethostbyname() function on FPC compiled on Linux systems.…

    David Touzeau, Brad Campbell, ik
    3
  45. Lazarus International Games Contest

    Send your game made with Lazarus to the Lazarus International Games Contest promoted by LazarusBrasil.Org until December, 31, 2009. Send it by email to with the subject…

    Antônio, Thierry Coq
    2
  46. DOS charset to UTF-8

    How to I convert a file that contains text in the DOS charset to UTF-8. I need this to work under Linux and Windows. The DOS charset characters used, are for box drawing…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Mattias Gärtner, shoKwave
    6
  47. IDE Shorts cuts to Interface, Implementation sections

    I noticed there is some way to put a button on the editor window upper area to move to different parts of the code interface, implementation, uses, etc. Are there…

    Lee Jenkins, Graeme Geldenhuys
    1
  48. working solution for Lazarus: connection to a remote PC via Lazarus

    If you simply need to transfer files via SSH/SCP, then you can check out the libcurl package. libcurl, I believe, supports scp file transfers. If you need to execute…

    Seth Grover, Cubic
    1
  49. 'no resources' on new project

    I've installed 0.9.28 over 0.9.26 to upgrade. I noticed most things still linked to 2.2.2, I tried to change that manually, but fouled up, so I deleted…

    Stijn Sanders, Vincent Snijders
    3
  50. Is there a way to NOT use a transaction in sqldb ?

    I'm using Lazarus from SVN with FPC 2.2.4 under Ubuntu 9.04 connecting to an 8.3 PosgreSQL server. I need to use it in a program that stays open all day -- it's a price…

    Alexsander Rosa, Graeme Geldenhuys, Joost van der Sluis
    11