lazarus · 2012-07
- Building help files: the nitty-gritty110
I normally build Lazarus from svn, targeting bigide, so I'm not sure that instructions that tell me to download prebuilt binary .chm files are relevant to me. However,…
- Lazarus helpfiles32
I've never got into the habit of using Lazarus help, but have just revisited it because of an extra user here who's asking "awkward questions" :-) At a minimum, please…
- Lazarus and Free Pascal downloads plummeting on SourceForge21
Over the years I have occasionally checked the increase in downloads of both Lazarus and Free Pascal on SourceForge, but for some reason the download rates of both…
- ChmHelpPkg: better way to show all CHMs when starting lhelp?7
Editing ChmHelpPkg to try and solve bug 22110 Help (at least CHM help) should open all help files to enable content/index search I want to open all .chm files in the…
- Package: Adding httpd.pas link error in linux19
Hi, Lazarus team If added httpd unit to one of package units then install it, it make errors when compiling Lazarus in linking. I use linux OpenSuse 12.1, and same in…
- mailing list archive - huge gap12
What happened to the archives between 2004 & 2008? I'm trying to quote a message from 2006, but the archive doesn't have that year.…
- Playing audio files - which package do you prefer?9
I'm reading about audio components (OpenAL, ACS). Which package do you prefer? What I need: 1. Play most popular formats (mp3, ogg, wav) 2. Must be native. I mean,…
- Lazarus debugger location on Win x86/x6422
http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=22086 indicates macros are supported in the debugger path. The location for gdb.exe in EnvironmentOptions.xml is set by default to…
- Translations / Localizations for controls at design time26
I'm reading article about localizations in lazarus: http://wiki.freepascal.org/Translations_/_i18n_/_localizations_for_programs . Exists any way to assign translate…
- Change the default name of an event handler3
I have created a new component TZModule that inherits from TDataModule. I have created a new entry in File > New that permits to create a new TZModule. When I add a new…
- TFileDescPascalUnit - How to save closed units?3
Attached my package. It don't save the unit "plugin.pas". I click in "Save All", but IDE call only "cgi1.lpi" and "hello.pas" to save in file. So, you can only save one…
- How does Lazarus find SQLite?6
It seems the Lazaurs uses SQLite. (For what, btw? just curious) I'd like to use in in one of the demos for TAChart (see…
- OpenSUSE KDE keeps stealing my IDE shortcuts7
I've been forcefully pushed to change Linux Distros (from Ubuntu to OpenSUSE). I've been running the very stable Ubuntu 10.04 LTS for very long. But I recently upgraded…
- Location for backport requests1
Where should I put backport requests for after-RC1 fixes? For now, I have added a couple of revisions to…
- Adds Gauge component on Lazarus19
Please see here: http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=22516 Thx. Silvio Cl?cio My public projects - github.com/silvioprog
- ProgressBar 0 vs. 6 Gauge1
Please see two demos in attached. It's a comparison of performance between two famous components of the Delphi. My conclusion is that the progressbar is stupidly slow.…
- DocEditor GUI splitter2
Hi Does anyone know why the vertical splitter in DocEditor's GUI does not work. It is created correctly in TEditorPage.Create() between TPackageEditor and TElementEditor.
- "Unitname already in project" dialog1
When saving a new unit over an old one, you get an IDE dialog worded thus: The unit "..." already exists. Ignore will force the renaming, Cancel will cancel the saving…
- SQLDBLaz - SQLQuery.SQL Field problem with Lazarus 1.11
I am really not liking Lazarus lately. Which is sad because I am really excited about the development of Lazarus and I use it a lot in my career. So here is one of the…
- Cannot connect Firebird server21
I'd like to start a new life (after Delphi) with Lazarus IDE but got into trouble with basic Firebird connection procedure :( Error message: Cannot load default…
- Compiling LCL units via commandline15
I am blind and I use Freepascal by means of a screen reader. Recently, I and other four blind programers wanted to compile a project which implies the usage of LCL…
- TTIProgressBar component3
Presently TTIProgressBar's properties Link and UseRTTIMinMax remain public. To be useful in this component surely they should be promoted to published?
- KZdesktop: tabbed IDE package8
Just wanted to inform those that don't frequent the forum or may have missed the thread. There's a Lazarus package written by Raphaelz from the forum that implements a…
- TODO items4
If one inserts a TODO manually, how does one use the IDE to add/edit priority, category etc.? Or can these only be set by creating the entry from the IDE in the first…
- Need help to get IDE forms object7
I need to get the object (TCustomForm) of IDE forms, namely object inspector, code explorer and source notebook. I need this to help a docking solution (kzdesktop:…
- Bug tracker file formats: 7z prohibited?8
I noticed that in issue 22455, Bart Broersma says: If we shouldn't use 7z files, which format should we use then? zip? .tar.gz? AFAICT, these suffer from the same…
- chm help for LCL applications2
I added components to lhelpcontrolpkg to show chm file(s) via lhelp in LCL applications. See the example in lazarus/components/chmhelp/democontrol/ContextHelpDemo.lpi It…
- Possible TQuery or resource reader problem, all (unix) targets4
I've got a problem that appears to have got into the Lazarus IDE etc. at some point after 36903. It affects all targets I've tested so far, i.e. SPARC/Solaris,…
- String replace bug (in Delphi it's OK)2
Please see here: http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=22441 Thx. Silvio Cl?cio My public projects - github.com/silvioprog
- Changing the translation of forms while the program is running20
I'm using the DefaultTranslator unit to translate my application, but I would also like to switch to another language on-the-fly, thus without restarting the application.
- exception when moving mouse over editor hint windows (since a few months)3
I am experiencing annoying Exceptions in the IDE (I believe its a regression, I believe it started happening afer I saw some changes in the svn log making it possible to…
- Ctrl+Space and class helper0
Please see here: http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=22431 Thxs. Silvio Cl?cio My public projects - github.com/silvioprog
- Lazarus + Fedora 17 + anchordocking = crash?11
I installed fedora 17 today. I also made the installation of lazarus 0.9.30.4 using the yum command. The installation went well and the Lazarus is working fine. However,…
- Building lhelp.... and primary config path1
In testing with my fpcup installer, I've noticed that the lhelp build gets kicked off on the fly sometimes when I press F1 on a keyword. Very nice! However, I also…
- Lazarus snapshot installs FPC source in incorrect location??0
Downloaded Lazarus-1.1-37902-fpc-2.6.1-20120709-win32.exe and installed on Windows 2000. FPC source was put in d:\lazarus\fpc\source The rest in d:\lazarus\fpc\2.6.1…
- savedialog issue7
I encountered a strange behaviour of TSaveDialog. I have a big project, inside of it many TSaveDialogs. Recently I found that sometimes the dialogs are not shown. I…
- networking / webservices6
Hi I am new to Lazarus (Ex Delphi but that was years ago) and am investigating it for use in a multi OS project (Windows, Linux , Mac, Android and IOS). One requirement…
- WinCE and strings8
Hi All. Assuming that I'm modifying an application which - will run on Win32 and WinCE (handheld device) (X-compilation, 2 targets) - all string variables have…
- TProcess-problem3
I'm updating an application that uses Tprocess to execute an external (DOS) application. My new version does not work any more and I don't know how to solve this. I…
- Propose: dont try to open TDBLookup* ListSource automatically9
Currently the db lookup controls tries to open the dataset linked to ListSource if is closed at lookup initialization. The initialization occurs after the control is…
- TControl.InvalidatePreferredSize loop detected1
I have an application which gives this exception when it is run: TControl.InvalidatePreferredSize loop detected Panel1:TPanel Bounds=l=0,t=1156,r=26,b=1200 Below the…
- C Integer types17
I have the following C code which I'm trying to emulate in Pascal: seqence_crc = *((int64_t*)data); seqence_key = *((int64_t*)&data[8]); compr_crc =…
- httpWebServer does not show images for some users5
I've been playing around with the httpwebserver and having problems getting it to display images. see: http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,17296.0.html for…
- Strings Property Editor dialog newline keystroke reminder2
The object inspector's strings editor has its [OK] button set as the default so pressing [Enter] closes the dialog, which is logical. I usually forget this when trying…
- Lazarus Digest, Vol 54, Issue 110
re: source - yes I am using the same source files. I removed all of my previous files and used just the contents from the file I supplied plus the additional lines you…
- TAChart compilation error (issue 22365)3
Issue http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=22365 was about the compilation error when the TAChart code is compiled by FPC trunk. I did not notice the issue in time,…
- WinCE task bar3
Hi ALl. Do you know any method to completely hide the top taskbar on a WinCE 5 handheld device ? The following snippet works but it only disables the topmost taskkbar so…
- Scrollbox and mousewheel0
I have a form with a scrollbox, the scrollbox contains a panel with a lot of labels. When I use the mousewheel, I want the scrollbox to scroll. This only works when the…
- Probable CodeTools error?4
In recent Lazarus trunk revisions (running under Win 7, 32-bit) I get CodeTools errors on units that specify unneeded units in the uses clause (usually Classes or…
- WinCE and version6
Hi All. Does anyone know whether it is possible to save (at compile time) and extract (at runtime) the program version in WinCE as I use it currently in Win32 and Win64…