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lazarus · 2012-09

  1. lazdebian.lpk - Create Debian package from exiting Lazarus Project

    I made a Lazarus package for creating Debian packages from Lazarus projects: * Create binary (.deb) Package - optionally signed with gpg key * Create Debian source…

    Bernd, Andrew Brunner, Curt Carpenter
    23
  2. Brush color on TListView

    I was using a TStringGrid to show some data but I need the "non-linear multi-select" from TListView. However, the tricks to set Brush color inside of OnCustomDraw or…

    Alexsander Rosa, Benito van der Zander, Kaj Mikkelsen
    5
  3. PostgreSQL 9.1 supported by Lazarus 1.0?

    am new on lazarus but new on delphi pascal. I was looking for a cross-platform for pascal, great! mysql5.5 can be supported but if I may ask, postgresql9.1 can also be…

    Eric Kom, Andrew Brunner, Héctor F. Fiandor Rosario
    3
  4. Error: Can not load PostgreSQL Client library "libpq.dll".

    Please I got a problem with libpq.dll library file, want I tried to select the Connected property to True, I received the Error: Can not load PostgreSQL client library…

    Eric Kom, Ludo Brands, Marc Weustink
    14
  5. Find declaration bug?

    I am not sure if this is the intended behaviour, and hence my post. Under Ubuntu 11.04: Create a new project, set its Target OS (Code Generation) to win32 and set…

    patspiper, Mark Morgan Lloyd, Mattias Gaertner
    7
  6. Patspiper attention, personal mails are rejected / bounced

    I tied to answer your personal mails about TCustomEditButton using the address tried with my 2 different mail accounts, phnet and gmail, but they both returned with…

    Juha Manninen, patspiper
    2
  7. getting version info of active project from within a design time package

    I need to read the version number of the currently active project in my design time package. For this I have written the following code: function TSettings.GetVersion:…

    Bernd
    1
  8. Running external process from within Lazarus design package

    I need to run an external program from within my lazarus package. Unfortunately it will need significant time to run, so I cannot just wait for it in the main thread and…

    Bernd
    1
  9. win 32: GDB downgraded to 7.2

    On win 32 there is currently a choice between: - gdb 7.2 (or older) does not have http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14018 which means the debug session can…

    Martin, Reinier Olislagers
    2
  10. "Defeating" a screen saver

    I appreciate that there might be no guaranteed portable answer to this one, and FWIW I'm primarily interested in the Linux+X+KDE combination. If a program knows that…

    Mark Morgan Lloyd, Graeme Geldenhuys, Henry Vermaak
    14
  11. We need testers for one issue

    http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=21792 We need testing of this issue with *second* patch (minimizeddesignform_2.patch) from that issue included on win32 and carbon…

    zeljko, John Landmesser, Juha Manninen
    6
  12. Switching projects causes Access Violation

    I'm using Lazarus 1.1 LCL-GTK2 64-bit under Linux. Lazarus 1.1 r38729 FPC 2.6.0 x86_64-linux-gtk 2 Every now and again, if I switch between projects, then Lazarus IDE…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Bernd, Juha Manninen
    7
  13. An "Offer to repair and maintain the FPC community website"

    In case anybody isn't aware, there has been discussion of this in the fpc-devel mailing list but it's now being encouraged to move to fpc-other. Mark Morgan Lloyd…

    Mark Morgan Lloyd
    0
  14. Cannot load libpq.so

    Hi, I've installed PostgreSql from sources on a Linux machine, it's installed on /usr/local/pgsql. It's libraries are in /usr/local/pgsql/lib, and I updated my…

    Leonardo M. Ramé, Bernd, Marco van de Voort
    17
  15. Converting an Integer of pence into pounds

    I am having a bit of a mind block! What would be the code to convert an Integer of pence e.g. 650 into a value of pounds e.g. 6.50 and then convert to a string value of…

    Richard Mace, Alexsander Rosa, wildfire
    3
  16. Incorrect scrollbar theme in editor popup windows

    I reported this only in 2011-04, but this bug has been around long before that. Sometimes I'm lazy to report bugs. http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=19085 Anybody…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Martin, Mattias Gaertner
    10
  17. Lazarus and Ubuntu 12.10

    Is anyone running Lazarus 1.1 on Ubuntu 12.10x64? I'm having problems getting lazarus to startup. Is anyone else having success or confirmed problems? Andrew Brunner…

    Andrew Brunner, Alexsander Rosa, brian
    7
  18. Compiling error

    I can't recompile r38824M Lazarus version. This is the log: ... Compiling lazutilsstrconsts.pas Writing Resource String Table file: lazutilsstrconsts.rst…

    Kjow, Mattias Gaertner, Vincent Snijders
    5
  19. Migrating to Android

    Inspired by the slogan "Write once, compile everywhere" I would like to migrate a complete Lazarus application for fixed assets inventory from Windows Mobile(Pocket PC)…

    Arí Ricardo Ody, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho, Unknown author
    3
  20. [ISSUE] ListFilterEdit and 3rd party components

    Please see: http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=22968 Thank you. Silvio Cl?cio My public projects - github.com/silvioprog

    silvioprog
    0
  21. SynEdit: AutoIndent with Tabs instead of spaces, is this possible?

    I cannot find any way to convince SynEdit to indent the next line with a tab when I press enter on an indented line, it will always use spaces, even if eoTabsToSpaces is…

    Bernd, Martin
    4
  22. Lazarus on Ubuntu 12.10 daily x64

    Using svn lazarus trunk on Ubuntu 12.10 x64 daily has been problematic. It's pretty much crashing everywhere. From selecting forms to positioning elements. Pixbuf…

    Andrew Brunner
    0
  23. Can't find unit Interfaces on launchpad's build farm - is Lazarus/FPC broken in Ubuntu 12.04?

    Ubuntu precise (12.04), simple empty lazarus hello world project, This is the build log:…

    Bernd, Mattias Gaertner, Vincent Snijders
    9
  24. Webservice Toolkit problem

    Hi I am have a web service written in Java which is working fine when used from SOAPUI. I am trying to write a client using Lazarus and WST as I need a client for…

    Ian Godman
    0
  25. Passing Sender to a sub procedure

    Is there away I can pass a variable from sender (A String Grid) to a sub Procedure. When I try I get a: "main.pas(264,86) Error: Only class class methods, class…

    Terry A. Haimann, leledumbo
    1
  26. Request: In Search|Replace|Replace All dialog, show total replacements made

    This will give us a hint that we may have made a mistake if the total replacements is not in the range expected. This is a typical feature of replace dialogs elsewhere,…

    Ajeandro Gonzalo, Chris Kelling, Mattias Gaertner
    2
  27. Debugging shared libraries

    I've developed a useful convention which allows me to either load a library on demand (via Dynlibs) or to link it statically. This combination allows me to use standard…

    Mark Morgan Lloyd, Bernd, Henry Vermaak
    16
  28. Parsing command line options

    This is related to http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=22751 - What FPC/Lazarus functions are available to parse a command line (where parameters begin with a dash)?…

    patspiper, Bernd, J.A. de Vries
    12
  29. strange error with RichMemo

    I used the svn version and it worked fine in a test Application. But in another Application I get the following error upon Build (also upon Compile, but not upon Quick…

    Ajeandro Gonzalo, leledumbo
    1
  30. Transparent Custom Drawn Controls

    I'm writting own drawer for custom drawn controls. But all controls inherit from (TCDControl -> TCustomControl), so background by default is without transparent (I get…

    Krzysztof, Paul Ishenin
    4
  31. Customized Lazarus IDE FileOpenDialog for windows as Jedi does it

    Project Jedi delivers for Delphi a nice customized IDE FileOpenDialog ( -> open *.dpr ). It has a special feature to add favorite directories to a Listbox at the bottom…

    John Landmesser, Mattias Gaertner
    1
  32. Object Inspector

    There is currently a spelling discrepancy which probably needs to be rectified in that the OI Favorites page is spelt in the US way, as is the popup context menu text…

    Howard Page-Clark, Graeme Geldenhuys, Mattias Gaertner
    2
  33. Close Project means Close Project!

    When we do Project|Close Project it indeed seems to close the project. BUT when we Quit Laz and then open it again, there is the project loaded again! This is NOT what…

    Ajeandro Gonzalo, Chavoux Luyt, Juha Manninen
    10
  34. Lazbuild on IBM Power6 (OpenSuse Linux)

    As I must deploy a Lazarus CGI on this machine, an IBM 560 with a PowerPC processor using OpenSuse Linux, and I'm getting some Access Violations on places where the…

    Leonardo M. Ramé, Chavoux Luyt, Mark Morgan Lloyd
    12
  35. Continue search after moving cursor faulty

    With recent builts, when I do a search in the Lazarus editor and then continue to search for the next occurence via key shortcut everything is fine. But when I move to…

    Jürgen Hestermann, Martin
    1
  36. Version info

    Hi all. When building a program or a library with Lazarus I can embed in the resulting program (or library) version information (project properties, version tab). In a…

    Antonio Fortuny, Alexsander Rosa, Graeme Geldenhuys
    21
  37. Stable islands: testing stability

    MML's post on stable islands has made me think. Below some ideas for discussion: If we want to know whether a certain combination of OS+FPC+Lazarus+packages is stable,…

    Reinier Olislagers, Chavoux Luyt, Graeme Geldenhuys
    16
  38. TAChart transparency implementation questions

    This is a re-post of http://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,18051.0.html where I report on newly added transparency support in TAChart and ask some…

    Alexander Klenin
    0
  39. TAChart and legend items

    How can I make sure that the Legend of TAChart breaks each item to it's own line ? At the moment it seems like it just try to align everything into one line Ido

    ik
    1
  40. Process ID

    Hi list. Which function to use in Linux (if any) to get the process ID of a running process which is not mine. GetProcessID retrieves my own process ID. I'm using…

    Antonio Fortuny, Alberto Narduzzi, Bernd
    54
  41. mod to make Anchor Docking Grab Handles have a more subtle look

    I've created a patch to make the Docking Grab Handles (of Anchor Docking package) to have a more subtle look. The original look was too distracting for my personal…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Daniel Gaspary
    3
  42. QT Style

    I have application which is using QT widgetset on all platforms (gnome, kde, windows). But Qt is trying simulate native look on all platforms. Exists any style or switch…

    Krzysztof, Bart, Den Jean
    12
  43. OT: Cute little toy program

    Wrote a toy app that calculates time/date on Mars. Note as written it won't work under Windows. I didn't see a way to write a generic routine to get the Time- Zone. I…

    Terry Haimann, Graeme Geldenhuys, Marco van de Voort
    5
  44. Wiki: how to propose deleting a page?

    Sorry if this is a RTFM question. Say I would like to propose to delete a certain wiki page, how would I do that? Is there some built-in mechanisme in the wiki to do…

    Bart, Alexander Klenin, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
    9
  45. "Running" a library

    Currently, if we have a library project, there's no way to test it without creating 2nd project which is an application. Should Lazarus implement something like V$ does?…

    leledumbo, Juha Manninen, Mark Morgan Lloyd
    24
  46. Feature request: Single-file mode

    See this forum discussion for context: http://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,17932.msg102309.html#msg102309 Below is the relevant portion of my post:…

    Alexander Klenin, Mattias Gaertner, patspiper
    5
  47. Persistent Blocks and Search, revisited

    It seems that an old issue with persistent blocks is back again in the editor of current Lazarus snapshots. I like to use persistent blocks but this is defeated by the…

    Jürgen Hestermann, Martin
    5
  48. Issue with GroupBox background color

    I have problems with set "uniform" background color for some controls (like TGroupBox) on GTK2. See first attachment. This is default view. So I tried set color from…

    Krzysztof, zeljko
    2
  49. OnGuard - Install

    Anyone here use the OnGuard? https://lazarus-ccr.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/lazarus-ccr/components/onguard I installed, but do not know if there is something wrong with…

    Marcos Douglas, Graeme Geldenhuys
    4
  50. error compile Lazarus svn

    Lazarus and Windows XP: for some days now i get this error message C:\lazarus\lcl\intfgraphics.pas(641,49) Error: Identifier not found "TTiffIFD" while trying to compile…

    John Landmesser, Graeme Geldenhuys, Ludo Brands
    13