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lazarus · 2010-10

  1. Smart Cut/Paste Spacing of declared variables and contants...

    var iCount : Integer; Commands : TDatabaseCommands; iLcv,iWhatEver : Integer; When I declare variables I…

    Andrew Brunner, Graeme Geldenhuys, Mattias Gärtner
    5
  2. lazarus unit test failures: 198 out of 257 fail

    I don't know how frequent these are run or looked at, but I used yesterday's FPC 2.4.2rc1 and Lazarus 0.9.29 snapshot (that Vincent release) under Windows 2000, and got…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Mattias Gärtner
    8
  3. clipboard bug in IDE

    I just want to confirm this as a bug before I report it in Mantis. I develop my software under Linux and Windows. Linux being my primary OS, and Windows running in a…

    Graeme Geldenhuys
    1
  4. [REQ] Serial comunication

    I tried the following components: Sdpo synapse39 Cportlaz and they work fine for windows and linux, but for MAC I could not find anything. Somebody knows some component…

    Guadagnini David
    0
  5. Using dbugintf

    Does anyone knows how to use dbugintf?, I mean, where's the program that get the messages generated from SendDebug?. Leonardo M. Ram? http://leonardorame.blogspot.com

    Leonardo M. Ramé, Graeme Geldenhuys, Michael Van Canneyt
    4
  6. Why edit is focused under windows when form.show is called?

    Why TEdit select all your content under windows when form.show is called or when your parent form gets the focus again? This don't occurs under Qt/Gtk2 and Delphi, so…

    Unknown author
    0
  7. Building and running Lazarus natively on various architectures

    This thread is a summary of intermittent experience over the last year or so with Lazarus running natively on various platforms. I hope to cover ARM, PPC, SPARC and (for…

    Mark Morgan Lloyd, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Henry Vermaak
    11
  8. lazarus 32bit locks up under win7-64

    I started converting a Delphi2006 windows service to lazarus last week. My core application converts fine, however, I need to re-do the portions that rely on the Indy…

    BTree Computing Services, Sven Barth
    1
  9. Installing PowerPDF

    I got PowerPDF from CCR project in http://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus-ccr/ I opened the file pack_powerpdf.lpk and clicked in Install. The IDE said "Lazarus will be…

    Marcos Douglas
    0
  10. MySQL5.1 and Sum(DataLength(FIELD))

    The resulting field does not parse right. If I execute or open the following SQL statement SELECT SUM(LENGTH(ITMDAT)) as TesT FROM scms_ufls WHERE ITMUID=2 AND ITMKND=1…

    Andrew Brunner, Joost van der Sluis
    8
  11. tooltip debugger shows incorrect data

    http://mantis.freepascal.org/view.php?id=17619 I can reproduce this on two very different machines (32 bit laptop running Ubuntu 8.04.4, and a 64-bit desktop running…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Adem, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
    55
  12. WebData

    Hi, I was reading /packages/fcl-web/src/webdata/readme.txt and tried to test it, and created an TFPWebProviderDataModule, with an database connection, joined to a…

    Leonardo M. Ramé, ABorka, Joshua Lim
    21
  13. How send key events to a control with XSendEvent (without libXtst)

    Hi! I'm studding a way to create applications for touch screens. Sometimes I need enter data, but I don't have keyboard installed, so I searched a way to send key events…

    Unknown author, zeljko
    5
  14. win64 dwarf patch

    Using tag as a pointer is plain wrong coding, so this change will not make it. Moreover, streaming it is pure nonsense: There is no guarantee that your pointer will…

    Michael Van Canneyt, And3mD, Benito van der Zander
    12
  15. How to get gdk-pixbuf and gtk+ for OpenSUSE 11.3

    I am trying to install the daily snapshot RPMs and I get error: Failed dependencies: gdk-pixbuf is needed by lazarus ... gtk+ is needed by lazarus ... However, in…

    Tobias Giesen, Hans-Peter Diettrich, Milan Baša
    4
  16. Undefined symbol errors after adding TOpenDialog

    I added an OpenDialog to a form and started getting the following errors, with the Source Editor pointing to the end of my .lpr file. Remove the OpenDialog did not make…

    John Repucci
    0
  17. rewriting of LConvEncoding

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    Unknown author, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Graeme Geldenhuys
    21
  18. Installing fpc 2.4.0 on lazarus 0.9.28

    Hello Is it possible to install fpc 2.4.0 with lazarus 0.9.28 on x86_64 ? I tried several non things but this was unsuccessful... Regards Julien -------------- next part…

    Julien Devillers, Joost van der Sluis, Thierry B.
    2
  19. Code conversion

    Although I'm a Lazarus beginner, I hope the following can be of use for others who want to convert code and for the improvement of the converter in Lazarus. After having…

    Sven Ruin, Juha Manninen gmail
    1
  20. Error in package installation

    Hi I got HtmlPort project from CCR. I opened the package "htmlcomp.lpk" and compiled. Good so far. Then I tried to install it. While recompiling Lazarus I get this error:

    Juha Manninen
    0
  21. lnet smtp auth failing

    I am having a real problem getting the lnet smtp client to work. the auth seems to be failing. if I use the example where I have to type in the user name and password…

    lloyd thomas
    0
  22. sqlite3 app on linux

    I am working on an app using sqlite. I use sqlite3connection. My app is actually completed and I am preparing the "installer". For Linux I made a deb and a rpm package…

    Andrea Mauri, Michael Van Canneyt
    4
  23. Increase the speed of the scroll (in Source Editor) when holding Ctrl

    In Delphi 7 (and others) this (Ctrl+Wheel) works, but in Lazarus not. :( *programmer* *ObjectPascal* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was…

    silvioprog, Graeme Geldenhuys
    1
  24. Strange Behaviour of TBits

    Hello I found a strange behaviour of TBits. Example : procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject); var x:TBits; begin x:=TBits.Create(); x[0] := true;…

    Julien Devillers, Gerard N/A
    3
  25. Code Template Macros

    Currently there is the pipe character (|) that indicates where the carat should be placed after a Code Template is finished rendering itself in the editor. Is there…

    Lee Jenkins, Mattias Gärtner
    2
  26. How do you use codetools to declare new variables

    I remember seeing in the docs where after creating a variable, some key press will jump to the var section of a procedure to insert that variable. Can someone remind me…

    Frank Church, Michael Van Canneyt, Sven Barth
    2
  27. Form transparency

    I think this is pretty much an FAQ, but I'm having problems getting transparency working. Am I correct in believing that if I set AlphaBlend true and put say 128 in…

    Mark Morgan Lloyd
    0
  28. Converting Fortran to FPC?

    I have a question that might be OT here, but I will try nevertheless: We have a Windows application written in Delphi for data analysis and display. It uses GLScene as…

    Bo Berglund, C Western, David W Noon
    28
  29. Delphi-Lazarus compatible code including serial port?

    I have a rather extensive comm unit created in Delphi for communication with a data acquisition instrument via RS232. The task is to port a project using this file to…

    Bo Berglund, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Juha Manninen gmail
    22
  30. Did anyone uses FieldsEditor with persistent TFields ?

    I am asking because FieldsEditor aren?t working correctly. If persistent objects are added, that?s ok. Problem is when you delete them. They are removed only in code,…

    Marcelo B de Paula
    0
  31. Is OLE supported under WinCE platform?

    As the subject says... ? - Graeme - _______________________________________________ fpGUI - a cross-platform Free Pascal GUI toolkit…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
    3
  32. New constref parameter-type support in codetools

    There is a xpcom-branch which adds the 'constref' parameter type to Free Pascal. This can be useful for connecting to external api's…

    Joost van der Sluis, Mattias Gaertner
    3
  33. Lazarus setup file for Windows with FPC 2.4 or later?

    The installation available at SF (http://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus/files/) actually installs Lazarus 0.9.28.2 and FPC 2.2.4 Are there any plans on making…

    Bo Berglund, Frank Church, Kjow
    2
  34. $define for all units

    Hello I'm porting a project from Delphi to lazarus. How can I specify a {$DEFINE xxx} which will be defined for all project's files ? thanks Julien -------------- next…

    Julien Devillers, Mattias Gaertner
    2
  35. Block unindent does not work in Lazarus like in Delphi7....

    I have tried to fix indentation problems that were not visible when the unit was edited in Delphi7, but now shows up as massive block indents. But I cannot get anything…

    Bo Berglund, Juha Manninen gmail, Leonardo M. Ramé
    13
  36. Canvas.ClipRect on Darwin

    I'm on MacOSX 10.5.8, and Lazarus 0.9.29 (r27648M, i386-darwin-carbon(beta)). I often use InvalidateRect to speed up things, and do drawings on a canvas limited with a…

    EarMaster - Bent Normann Olsen
    0
  37. Is the a subversion command to list changes to a file or directory you are interested in?

    Is the a subversion command to list changes to a file or directory you are interested in? Frank Church ======================= http://devblog.brahmancreations.com…

    Frank Church, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Marco van de Voort
    4
  38. GeckoPort, Free Pascal only?

    To make Gecko wotk the necessary safecall support for Free Pascal on linux/i386 is now available in fpc-trunk. The additional IInterface changes are in the xpcom branch…

    Joost van der Sluis, Paul Ishenin
    2
  39. Using 5dpo for serial comm...

    I'm sorry to bother you again but I can't grip the serial posrt handling at all.... I have installed 5dpo serial component in Lazarus on Ubuntu 10 (a virtual machine in…

    Bo Berglund, Koenraad Lelong, Lukasz Sokol
    21
  40. Compiler options data loss

    On Saturday (2010-10-09 16:37:08 +0000) in svn revision 27634 I introduced a bug, so that projects with a separate session file (.lps) loose their compiler options. This…

    Mattias Gaertner
    0
  41. Tpicture.LoadFromFile leaking memory under linux/gtk2?

    I'm not sure it is a bug, so I'm asking here before reporting it as such. this code: procedure TForm1.Timer1Timer(Sender: TObject); begin timer1.enabled:=false; while…

    Luca Olivetti
    1
  42. fp-Web and FastCGI

    Hi, until now, I used fp-web to create cgi applications. Now I want to try fastcgi, but I don't know how to start the fascgi app. Let me explain what I did. 1) In…

    Leonardo M. Ramé, ABorka, Michael Van Canneyt
    5
  43. Ubuntu 10.10 Toolbar Button Dropdown Mode PopUp Menu bug

    Ubuntu 10.10 x64 ToolbarButton Onpopup menu event not fired on dropdown event. This behavior makes enabling/disabling popup menu items difficult.

    Andrew Brunner
    2
  44. TImage.Canvas.FloodFill needs FillStyle fsSurface, but is not found

    I get the error that fsSurface is undefined when I try to compile a Delphi project that uses the TImage.Canvas.FloodFill method, which uses fsSurface to tell it to fill…

    Bo Berglund
    0
  45. Converting Pascal Client/Server application into Web Client?

    I've been searching on this topic for couples of months but found no good solution yet so I thought you guys might have some ideas. What I am now having is a Delphi…

    Joshua Lim, ABorka, duilio foschi
    37
  46. ImageMagick on Ubuntu 10.04

    Hi, I'm trying to compile the ImageMagick FPC pakgage from /packages/imagemagick/examples on Ubuntu 10.04 and found it looks for the library libWand, but this library is…

    Leonardo M. Ramé, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Joost van der Sluis
    7
  47. procedure calls with variable sized arrays in parameter list?

    I have bitten the bullet and decided to manually convert my Fortran code to pascal (see separate thread). But there are a few things I am not familiar with concerning…

    Bo Berglund, Juha Manninen gmail, Reimar Grabowski
    8
  48. Font ?

    I have a project with several Place Names from Mexico are Quebec. What Fonts are available that handle English, French and Spanish Character sets at the same time? TH

    Terry A. Haimann, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
    2
  49. Less global variables

    2010/10/9 Hans-Peter Diettrich : Isn't this more a topic for the fpc-devel mailing list? Vincent

    Vincent Snijders, Hans-Peter Diettrich
    2
  50. Running and debugging application via gksu

    I'm needing to elevate my application and the easiest way to do it is to start off the program with gksu. I've explored the Run menu with options but fail to get…

    Andrew Brunner, Mattias Gaertner
    1