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lazarus · 2010-09

  1. How would you organize build directories for different versions?

    If you are using different Lazarus versions but with same components and packages, how would you organize separate build directories for the different versions, but same…

    Frank Church, Bart, Graeme Geldenhuys
    23
  2. Optional package dependencies

    I am looking at adding various rendering backends to TAChart, in particular AggPas and OpenGL backends. To do that, corresponding packages have to be added as…

    Alexander Klenin, Mattias Gaertner
    3
  3. MySQL 5.1

    TApplication.HandleException TMySQL50Connection can not work with the installed MySQL client version: Expected (5.0), got (5.1.49). I'm getting this error when I try to…

    Andrew Brunner, David Copeland, Hector Fiandor
    9
  4. rewriting of LConvEncoding

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    Unknown author, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Graeme Geldenhuys
    21
  5. Using Lazarus on Embedded Linux?

    I am new to this list and I would like to get advice on the capabilities of Lazarus. My background is 15 years of Delphi programming (almost all versions Delphi1 to…

    Bo Berglund, Flávio Etrusco, Graeme Geldenhuys
    57
  6. Non trivial fcl-web demos?

    Are there any non trivial fcl-web demos I can download to try out? Frank Church ======================= http://devblog.brahmancreations.com -------------- next part…

    Frank Church, Graeme Geldenhuys, Joost van der Sluis
    5
  7. Serial communication??

    I asked about serial communications in my thread about embedded development and I was told to look at the serial unit, which I have done now. I also looked at the…

    Bo Berglund, BosseB, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
    55
  8. Where to set project search paths in lazarus?

    Steep learning curve, Lazarus... Now I have used CVS to check out a Delphi7 project I have already worked on into Ubuntu. Started Lazarus, which created a new project.…

    Bo Berglund, ABorka, BosseB
    20
  9. Posting to the list via the Gmane news gateway???

    I would very much prefer to interact with the Lazarus mail list via a news interface and Gmane has a mirror of this list in just such a format. (see news.gmane.org) So I…

    Bo Berglund, BosseB, Graeme Geldenhuys
    21
  10. delay opening dialogs with latest lazarus svn?

    I recently did an "svn update" in my working copy of lazarus (trunk svn, x86_64 Ubuntu Linux) and recompiled everything. I'm noticing now that whenever I open any of the…

    Seth Grover, Mattias Gaertner
    3
  11. Configuration data in Linux?

    I am starting out with Lazarus now and decided to do it in Ubuntu 10.04-2, which I installed this week-end. One thing I don't know how to convert is the way we store…

    Bo Berglund, Graeme Geldenhuys, Mark Morgan Lloyd
    12
  12. Delphi converter

    Hi I have improved the converter so that the known issues are about solved. I know the conversion still fails on many projects. For example Windows API calls are…

    Juha Manninen gmail, Bo Berglund, Henry Vermaak
    4
  13. Lazarus IDE tooltips?

    I tried using FindFirst/FindNext to create a list of files. But when I typed FindFirst( I expected a parameter list to pop up but it did not. Additionally when I pressed…

    Bo Berglund, Jesus Reyes
    1
  14. Lazarus SVN build "stucked" to TFPCSourceCache.Update after ran

    since some days after successfully building Lazarus from svn, I can't run it on my Ubuntu 64 bit system : here is the outpout : Adding "--pcp=~/.lazarus" as a parameter…

    Thierry Bothorel, Mattias Gaertner, Vincent Snijders
    9
  15. Getting rid of bogus form

    I made a mistake when trying out Lazarus for the first time.... Lazarus had created a form automatically on start (Form1). I created a unit containing my wrapper for the…

    Bo Berglund, Lee Jenkins, Mattias Gaertner
    4
  16. Tool to convert components properties to Pascal source code.

    Is there a tool that can take an .lfm file and generate the equivqlent Pascol code to create it runtime? Frank Church =======================…

    Frank Church, Antônio, Mattias Gaertner
    4
  17. Lazarus won't build on Ubuntu x64

    Free Pascal Compiler at revision 16060. Lazarus from SVN at revision 27521. Build gets as far as ... Compiling masks.pas PPU Loading…

    Andrew Brunner, ABorka
    2
  18. Output path & filename

    until some build ago in Project -> Project Options -> Application I was able to set output path and output filename of the build. Today I started a new project and I…

    Kjow, Mattias Gaertner
    2
  19. build macros - what is it?

    I recently see a lot of commits regarding "build macros" in the svn log. This sounds interesting. Is there any document or a mailing list posting that outlines the idea…

    Bernd Kreuss, Mattias Gaertner
    1
  20. Identifier not found "Usage2Page"

    Lazarus r27489 New/fresh svn download: ... ... ... Compiling C:\Develop\lazarus\packager\pkgoptionsdlg.pas Compiling C:\Develop\lazarus\packager\brokendependenciesdlg.pas

    Kjow, Mattias Gärtner
    3
  21. Build configuration

    is there an easy way to switch between different compile configurations? In C++ projects you usually have debug/release configurations, and what I need in Lazarus, are…

    Benito van der Zander, Bernd Kreuss, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
    12
  22. Main form resize events

    I've got a form containing main menu, status lines top and bottom, and a couple of grids. I've been doing other things for a few days but I now seem to have a problem…

    Mark Morgan Lloyd, Mattias Gaertner
    5
  23. Lazarus and FPC versions for Ubuntu 10?

    I have just installed Ubuntu 10.04.1 desktop in a VMWare virtual machine. I also did a full update of everything after the install. Now for Lazarus.... In the Synaptic…

    Bo Berglund, ABorka, Frank Church
    6
  24. Lazarus Digest, Vol 32, Issue 79

    Thanks, that works. But it also overrides the path settings, which is not optimal. Nice idea, but without additional parameter it is not really usable. At least the…

    Benito van der Zander
    0
  25. IDE change: Place of project target file name

    The option for the project target file name was moved to the paths of the compiler options. This is the same dialog, only another page. The options for -o, -FE and -FU…

    Mattias Gaertner
    0
  26. Delphi compatible XML lib

    Hi What is the reason there is no Delphi compatible XML library in LCL? Otherwise Lazarus tries to be Delphi compatible. There are many Delphi projects that can't be…

    Juha Manninen gmail, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Michael Van Canneyt
    5
  27. Is there a way to choose with fpc to use in lazarus command?

    Is there a way to pass on the version of FPC you want to use with startlazarus or lazarus command? Is there a way it can be set in the fpc.cfg, and can the fpc.cfg be…

    Frank Church, Marcos Douglas, Mattias Gaertner
    10
  28. Syncronising within library

    Would anybody know if it is possible to access (change) visual controls from within a library IF the controls address has been passed to the library function correctly,…

    steveg
    0
  29. How to pass path of fpc to make command, and some thoughts on Lazarus/FPC Installation.

    I am trying to compile Lazarus from source using a different compiler and I have hit a snag. These are the steps followed so far, but I need to pass the path of the new…

    Frank Church, Sven Barth
    5
  30. Where is the cgi package on the trunk?

    Where is the cgi package on the trunk? I update the Lazarus from SVN at revision 27450. I use Windows with TortoiseSVN. The directory /components/cgi/ was marked with…

    Marcos Douglas, Maxim Ganetsky
    4
  31. Snow Leopard: Debugger unusable after an exception is raised

    I have a debugger problem when using the latest Lazarus snapshot on Mac OS Snow Leopard, as well as with older Lazarus snapshots from this year. When my program raises…

    Tobias Giesen
    1
  32. What is the cause of this fpcres error? It is on the path.

    I am trying to compile the latest Lazarus trunk and I get this error. Compiling resource ../units/i386-linux/lazarus.or lazarus.pp(127,1) Error: Can't call the resource…

    Frank Church, zeljko
    2
  33. Where does installer place files?

    I have just used the fpc package to install freepascal 2.4.0 from source in my home account, and I have done a make install PREFIX="XXXX" to install it to a folder of my…

    Frank Church, Vincent Snijders
    3
  34. FreePascal Source not found in Ubuntu

    I installed the Ubuntu package from the Wiki using the getlaz script, whenever I open Lazarus I get the error message The Free Pascal source directory was not found Some…

    Frank Church, Mattias Gärtner, Torsten Bonde Christiansen
    8
  35. How to install additional components in Lazarus IDE?

    If I want to add components to Lazarus in Ubuntu, do I have to run as root, or by using sudo lazarus? Is there a way of installing components only for your user account,…

    Frank Church, Mattias Gärtner
    1
  36. Broken trunk compilation

    Hi I'm trying to compile Lazarus IDe under Win32 but there is an error: (...)\lcl\interfaces\win32\win32lclintf.inc(678,13) Error: identifier idents no member…

    Bogusław Brandys, Marc Weustink
    4
  37. Can't find unit LazarusPackageIntf used by CodeTools

    I have an error on compiling latest svn: ... ... ... Compiling laz2_xmlwrite.pas Compiling laz2_xmlread.pas Compiling codetoolscfgscript.pas Fatal: Can't find unit…

    Kjow, Mattias Gaertner
    2
  38. RichMemo in shared SO library

    I have no problem with LCL and Richmemo in DLL, but on linux I can't build SO library with TRichMemo. I get this error: /usr/bin/ld:…

    Dibo, dmitry boyarintsev
    1
  39. Mac: mouse pointer stays crCross even when Edit field is left

    in my dialogs, I frequently see the mouse pointer being shown as crosshairs (crCross) forever after leaving an edit field. Is there anything that can be done? Ideally…

    Tobias Giesen
    0
  40. (no subject)

    Of course it will.? It's called a bug.? If I write moronic code, it will cause problems, whether it's single or multi threaded.? Using this as a justification for the…

    Steve Smith, Andrew Brunner, José Mejuto
    4
  41. TFileNameEdit in dkSave mode: defaultext

    While using the TFileNameEdit in dkSave mode I didn't find the way to make the dialog append a given default extension to the filename. In the standard save dialog I set…

    Andrea Mauri, Michael Van Canneyt
    2
  42. Can I run Lazarus well on a 512Mb VM

    Don't know about a VM. But I've run Lazarus on a 256 MB, Celeron 1 GHz machine, and it ran without problems. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment…

    de_jean_7777, Frank Church, Marco van de Voort
    6
  43. UnixToDateTime and time zone

    I have a problem. Example this unix timestamp: 1280166617. DateTimeToString(UnixToDateTime(1280166617)) should give me 2010-07-26 19:50:17 (in country: Poland) but it…

    Krzysztof, Alberto Narduzzi, Dibo
    9
  44. Threads in Lazarus code base

    Hi I thought first to send this to Lazarus dev list but it may have wider interest so I send it here. I am going to commit a patch for converter (=part of Lazarus code…

    Juha Manninen gmail, Andrew Brunner, Dariusz Mazur
    112
  45. full path does not work in HTMLHelpDatabase

    I followed the exaple described in: http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Add_Help_to_Your_Application In order to set an absolute path for the help: Set BaseURL to…

    Andrea Mauri
    0
  46. problem opening html help pages with spaces in path

    I added to my application: helpBrowser: THTMLBrowserHelpViewer; helpDB: THTMLHelpDatabase; Then I set the properties: helpDB.BaseURL:= 'file://help/';…

    Andrea Mauri, ABorka, Alberto Narduzzi
    14
  47. Debugging under Lazarus

    currently under Windows XP, Lazarus 0.9.28.2 r22279 FPC 2.2.4 i386-win32-win32/win64 i get a lot of 'No variable 'x' in current context' hints when I stop (set breakpoint

    Lukasz Sokol
    0
  48. SynEdit Win32 versus Linux - Does anyone have a suggestion?

    I posted this to the mailing list but I'm not certain it went out. If it did, no one had or clue or opted to not answer - so forgive me for posting again. I'm hoping…

    Jason P Sage, Mattias Gaertner, Unknown author
    2
  49. TSynedit usage

    hi I'm slowly investigating lazarus TSynedit component, but I cannot find where to put code repsonsible for reacting to Ctrl+Click on keyword.I need it to use as a…

    Bogusław Brandys, Unknown author
    1
  50. Forum registration problem

    hi i created an account in Lazarus forum with the email adress but never received the activation email. thx Diogo Pi?arra

    Diogo Piçarra
    0