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lazarus · 2010-06

  1. Alternative widget sets

    Noting that Graeme is hammering on about expunging GTK1 support, and noting that it's convenient to be able to compile against at least two widget sets for test…

    Mark Morgan Lloyd, Brad Campbell, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
    22
  2. Gtk2 question

    Is it at all possible to determine which application (eg gedit/etc) had focus 'before' clicking on my laz app. Or another way - Is there a laz/fpc call to retrieve the…

    SteveG, Hans-Peter Diettrich, theo
    7
  3. Parser

    In examples/parser/no_cpu you find a new project, that can be used as a Pascal parser, or as a compiler template for a new CPU. This project is kind of a plug-in for the…

    Hans-Peter Diettrich, Adem, Aleksa Todorovic
    114
  4. Converting a console app

    On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:52:26 +0300 Yes, but you should set the widgetset to nogui. Always? Of course not. You forgot to add the 'interfaces' unit. Mattias

    Mattias Gaertner, dmitry boyarintsev, Juha Manninen
    11
  5. GTK2: PostMessage(..., LM_CHAR, ...) and IntfUTF8KeyPress(...)

    it's the first time I am trying something with Linux and GTK2 and these two things do not work at all: 1. PostMessage(currentEdit.Handle, LM_CHAR, Ord('a'), 0); //…

    Žilvinas Ledas, Mattias Gaertner, Michael Schnell
    8
  6. New component arraybutton Fatal: Can't find unit Graphics used by arraybutton AND Multiple lazarus installations

    Well, it's been over a week since I looked at this and I thought that it was working okay. Now I get Fatal: Can't find unit Graphics used by arraybutton. It is derived…

    Peter E Williams, Marc Weustink, Mattias Gaertner
    5
  7. [ANN] Beyond Compare 3.2 public beta is available

    I just noticed that the Beyond Compare 3.2 public beta is available. BC is probably the best file/folder comparison tool out there. The v3.x version is available for…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Duncan Parsons
    1
  8. Obtaining screen geometry

    My application remembers where it was previously by doing a simple save of the current geometry. Top/Left/Width/Height. This appears to have worked well for a while now,…

    Brad Campbell, Alexander Grau, Graeme Geldenhuys
    4
  9. .or and .res files

    Should .or be removed by a "Clean Directory"? What about .res? Are they compiler version specific? Mark Morgan Lloyd markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk [Opinions above…

    Mark Morgan Lloyd, Mattias Gaertner, Paul Ishenin
    11
  10. Wiki instructions for installing FPC trunk

    I updated info about building and installing svn trunk version of FPC compiler, based on mails from Marc and Graeme earlier. Here:…

    Juha Manninen, Chris Kirkpatrick, Graeme Geldenhuys
    13
  11. New website www.lazarussupport.com launched

    Our company has launched the new www.lazarussupport.com website. It's a new website about Free Pascal and Lazarus for new users. The goal is to try to get more attention…

    Joost van der Sluis, ABorka, Adem
    70
  12. Patch for registersqldb.pas

    This patch register TSQLStringsPropertyEditor for Script property of TSQLScript component. Carlos Germ?n Tejero -------------- next part -------------- An HTML…

    Carlos German Tejero, Mattias Gaertner
    1
  13. Embedded database for Lazarus/Linux

    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I suspect I already know the answer to this, but is anyone aware of an *embedded* database for Lazarus and Linux, similar…

    brian, Andreas Berger, Birger Jansen
    77
  14. SetFileTime in Linux?

    Is there in Linux any function to set file time (created/modified)? I need it to set the file/directory time at unpacking ZIP archives. In Windows I use the following…

    bobby, Andreas Schneider, Michael Van Canneyt
    2
  15. TListView OnItemChecked Method

    I'm maulling over the idea of adding an TListView.OnItemChecked event for TListItem.SetChecked It would be easier for me to work around but I'm thinking I'll ask first…

    Andrew Brunner
    0
  16. next release date?

    I would like to get my Lazarus todo list in order. Is there any scheduled release date for the next Lazarus version? I guess it will happen some time after FPC 2.4.2…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Paul Ishenin, Samuel Herzog
    4
  17. Anchor-Docking Bugs

    it is awesome to see that Docking is already "working" :) But I have some Bugs: Under Windows 7 (also months ago on Vista) the Docking had, and still has, these two Bugs:

    Eugen Bolz, Hans-Peter Diettrich, Martin
    10
  18. Keyboard shortcuts not always working

    I have a project open and some units open in the editor, I then put active focus on the main form (one containing the component palettes). If I press Ctrl+A, all text in…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Hans-Peter Diettrich, Martin
    5
  19. list language specific wiki pages

    Is there a way to list all pages in the wiki based on a specific language? For example: I created some Afrikaans pages way back, but I can't seem to find them to update…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Vincent Snijders
    3
  20. Debugger output style

    Is there an easy way of telling the debugger to display a variable as hex for ease of bit-twiddling? I can see that watchpoints have an associated style but it's greyed…

    Mark Morgan Lloyd, Graeme Geldenhuys, Martin
    3
  21. fpspreadsheet excel5 export

    MS Office as a whole, as far as I know does not store data in UTF-8 but in CP codes, and that information is read depending on the MS Office language itself. I do not…

    ik, Bogusław Brandys, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
    14
  22. Store empty string property in *.lfm

    Hello Is it possible to store an empty string property? The property is getting a default value a creation time (GetUserDir), If the user enters an empty string to the…

    theo, Hans-Peter Diettrich, Luiz Americo Pereira Camara
    7
  23. Why no WordWrap in TCheckBox, TRadioButton etc

    what is the reason that there is no WordWrap property/feature for TCheckBox, TRadioButton etc? Regards ?ilvinas

    Žilvinas Ledas, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Hans-Peter Diettrich
    5
  24. Exists a macro to FPC path to file?

    I need use the sources of FPC/Lazarus in external HD. So, the FPC path is changed in differents computers. Is possible to use a macro to point to FPC path (in variable of

    Marcos Douglas, Graeme Geldenhuys, Hans-Peter Diettrich
    12
  25. Write to root window?

    I imagine its possible but I haven't a clue to know even where to beg in looking. Is it possible to write to the root window in X (i386 Linux)? I'd like to manipulate…

    Jon Foster, Graeme Geldenhuys, Marc Weustink
    4
  26. deployment tools

    Hello List. I'm looking for a deployment tools such as Puppet <http://www.puppetlabs.com/puppet/introduction/>that allow me to automate complex deployment on systems. I…

    ik
    0
  27. Cheetah logo - clipart and lineart

    http://www.google.com/images?q=cheetah&hl=en&tbs=isch:1,itp:clipart http://www.google.com/images?q=cheetah&hl=en&tbs=isch:1,itp:lineart Alexsander da Rosa Twitter:…

    Alexsander Rosa
    0
  28. Improving Lazarus and Include file handling [feature request]

    Lazarus IDE is already very generous with errors in code - yet still allows syntax highlighting or jumping around inside the code. Can Lazarus IDE be improved just a…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Mattias Gaertner, Michael Van Canneyt
    5
  29. SVN2 stuck on 26103

    Can someone please kick the SVN2 server into gear. It is stuck on revision 26103 (14 june 2010). Torsten Bonde Christiansen.

    Torsten Bonde Christiansen, Vincent Snijders
    1
  30. gdb and qt

    is gdb (as downloaded directly from mingw) known to have issues debugging QT apps? It keeps crashing here... (no idea, what if wants with "foo" => doesn't exist)…

    Martin, Bogusław Brandys, zeljko
    4
  31. Updating an app "on the fly"

    To what extent could a Lazarus app replace itself with a new version without interruption? For example, if the main form had a menu at the top, synedit with popups and a…

    Mark Morgan Lloyd, Alexsander Rosa, Marco van de Voort
    9
  32. dBase TIP - how to "append from array records reindex" (example)

    I hope that this is not too off topic but in view of the discussions about embedded databases I thought I would share a tip from many years ago about using the XBASE…

    Peter E Williams
    0
  33. Component installs without icon on component toolbar - tarraybutton.lrs(1, 17) Error: Identifier not found "LazarusResources" (Mattias Gaertner)

    On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 00:17 +0200, based Surely it would not be hard to write a small program which loads a PNG/s and then calls the ~/lazarus/tools/lazres yourunit.lrs…

    Peter E Williams, Mattias Gaertner
    1
  34. Lazarus and it's i18n usage

    is it possible to use integrated i18n and .po generation functions only with some units? For example I do not want to generate translation strings from my main form…

    Žilvinas Ledas, Mattias Gaertner, Maxim Ganetsky
    4
  35. new fortes report port

    Hi, I ported the latest Fortes Report to Lazarus. This is not an update of the fortes4lazarus project, but a new port created starting from the upstream sources. The…

    Mario R. Carro, Bogusław Brandys
    1
  36. creating Handle during loading

    Hello I'm trying to write a component. It's working fine so far, but I'm getting these hints on the console: [HINT] TWinControl.CreateWnd creating Handle during loading…

    theo, Mattias Gaertner
    2
  37. Failed to initialize component: No streaming method available

    I keep getting this error message whenever I try to open a form. What does it mean? Frank Church ======================= http://devblog.brahmancreations.com…

    Frank Church, Marco van de Voort, Mattias Gaertner
    5
  38. Why was XML format chosen for storing settings in Lazarus IDE?

    I thought I would pose this question in a new thread seeing that the other thread got totally high-jacked (and not by me for a change). :) I'm curious to know what was…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Alexander Klenin, David W Noon
    41
  39. \lazarus\ide\sourceeditor.pp(9095, 28) Error: Wrong number of parameters specified for call to "Add"

    I'm using: - WinXP - FPC 2.4.1 - Laz 0.9.29 - SVN Revision 25961 (showing in About form of Lazarus, but if I click in TortoiseSVN\Show log it show 26151) I tried to…

    Marcos Douglas, Mattias Gaertner, Mattias Gärtner
    4
  40. Adding File to Package -> Fatal: Can't find unit Controls used by ugradbtn

    I am using Package / New Package / Add File... to create a component descended from GradButton (@wiki http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/TGradButton ) I am getting this…

    Peter E Williams, dmitry boyarintsev, Mattias Gaertner
    5
  41. (no subject)

    I know everyone is very busy ... But I would ask your attention to a small patch that I sent to MantisBT http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=16571 Thanks for the…

    Daniel Simoes de Ameida, Alexsander Rosa, Mattias Gaertner
    2
  42. Multiple editor windows bug

    Hi List. I believe i have found a bug when using multiple editor windows in the most recent svn version. I can confirm this exists in both Win32 and Linux (GTk2), but I…

    Torsten Bonde Christiansen, Martin
    2
  43. Installing FPC/Lazarus on Windows using SVN, no binaries

    Whenever I used the Lazarus on Windows, has been through the binary compiled. Simply download and install. Now I'm want to install Lazarus on Windows but not using the…

    Marcos Douglas, Andrew Brunner, Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis
    54
  44. moved ToDo list to separate package

    The ToDo list was moved to a separate package "todolistlaz". It is installed by default when compiling a "bigide". ToDos: The menu item to show the todos of packages is…

    Mattias Gaertner
    0
  45. Multiple LCL instances

    There were several discussions, that when doing a DLL or .so with Lazarus and using same with a Lazarus project, it's an issue that the DLL will create it's own LCL…

    Michael Schnell, Marco van de Voort, Mark Morgan Lloyd
    11
  46. Accessing WinControls from DLL

    I believe that 'writing' (without syncronization) to a TWinControl from a thread or dll function is BAD(tm), but just wondering if the same applies to 'reading'…

    SteveG, Mattias Gaertner, Michael Schnell
    2
  47. Functions, procedures etc for using Dbase3/4 files ... what are they in Lazarus? (I used XBase1 in Delphi 5)

    I really need to know what is the Dbase3/4 unit for Lazarus/Free Pascal and where is the sample project for manipulating them. I found it somewhere on the lazarus…

    Peter E Williams, Graeme Geldenhuys, Howard Page-Clark
    6
  48. Regexp syntax

    On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:12:52 +0300 This would miss TIntLa and TIntaX ^Tnt(([^L]|.[^X]).+) Mattias

    Mattias Gaertner, Alexander Klenin, Graeme Geldenhuys
    10
  49. hexxpawn8_0.50.alpha filename_Trace_File_DBF = <error type> {const filename_Trace_File_DBF = 'hex8_log.dbf'; }

    I have finally gotten my project compiling without errors. I do however get a Debugger exception with the const filename_Trace_File_DBF = 'hex8_log.dbf'; ... which I…

    Peter E Williams
    0
  50. Rotated Text for Label or Panel

    Is there a component that offers rotated text drawn on component like TLabel or TPanel? Rotation via the orientation property on the font object does not seem to work…

    Andrew Brunner, Mattias Gaertner, zeljko
    3