lazarus · 2013-11
- Lazarus Release Candidate 1 of 1.216
The Lazarus team would like to announce the first Release Candidate for the upcoming Version 1.2. We would like to invite all users to test this Release Candidate.…
- To Paul about r434471
I think this line not currect place, /trunk/lcl/include/customform.inc Line 2871: SavedCursor := Screen.Cursor; Why, I have a TUniQuery on TDataModule. Rigth click on…
- The future of desktop119
It's a little off-topic, but as the comment was asking about pascal and lazarus, I will put it here: In a Spanish blog, a fresh graduated asked about what programming…
- TRTLCriticalSection4
Hi Folks. On Linux x86_?64 Opensuse, Lazarus 1.0.12, FPC 2.6.2 Could anyone tell me why the next line * EnterCriticalSection(CS);* with the following compiler error:…
- [ANN] FPSpreadsheet date support - success story2
I've looked into adding date/time support for BIFF8/XLS and seem to have it working. As long as I'm busy with fpspreadsheet, I'm incorporating some other fixes I had…
- Need to test code fragment on "real" ARM hardware.2
Does anybody have Debian or similar running on real ARM hardware, i.e. specifically not a QEMU emulation? If so could you test a code fragment for me? Mark Morgan Lloyd…
- Setting TextLineBreakStyle in TMemo0
Hi, I need to save the contents of a TMemo to a text file with CRLF line endings. By default, the TStrings.TextLineBreakStyle is platform dependent, as mentioned in…
- IDE problems13
Something has spontaneously gone wrong with the IDE on my setup. I say spontaneously because I was in the middle of debugging a program when suddenly everything but the…
- Bug in IDE (onActive - SetFocus)1
Good morning all Sorry, my English is bad. With the Lazarus IDE opened, putting the focus outside the IDE, and upon returning, the code editor window it will remain on…
- How is XMLConfig supposed to work?11
I am trying to use XmlConfig to store simple configuration data, but I can't make it create a sensible Xml file. This is not really important in my situation, as…
- Fatal: Internal error 2012090607 want compiled bgrabitmap7.22
Hi Please I got the above error when trying to compile bgrabitmap7.2 as above: /home/erickom/fpcBuild/lazarus/components/bgrabitmap7.2/bgrabitmaptypes.pas(2789,1) Fatal:…
- Linux service4
Hi Folks. I have created a service which has to run into Windows and Linux servers. The program runs OK on both OS and the service runs nicely in Windows (32 and 64).…
- VST5
Did anybody ever do a "VST plugin" by means of Lazarus/fpc ? ============================== A VST plugin is a DLL, that can receive and send MIDI and/or Audio data…
- newbie question: tsqlquery; primarykey; insert.4
Hi dear list members. I'm new here. Approximately 17 years ago I worked as a sysadmin, gave every day support for 70 peoples how to use their computers. I also made…
- SQLite Vacuum & Error Cannot rollback - no transaction is active2
At the end of some database maintenance where I drop several tables I want to Vacuum the SQLite database. I use the code below and this works fine, however when I close…
- Failed to compiled bgracontrols0
Hi After I have compiled and installed bgrabitmap6.0 succefully, I failed to compiled bgracontrols-2.2. see below the errors:…
- TFindDialog2
Hi everybody I think I am missing something, but reading through the TFindDialog help file I still cannot figure it out: How do I specify which text (or component) must…
- Deleteing a file that has a path that's longer than 256 characters7
I have an issue where I am unable to delete a file where the path name is longer than 256 characters. Interesting enough, the error as reported from Windows…
- TForm.ModalResult := mrOk problem4
I have a strange problem. I have last svn fpc and lazarus on kubuntu 13.10 x64 FRM_Log_In := TFRM_Log_In.Create(AOwner); Result := FRM_Log_In.ShowModal;…
- Is there a syntax for displaying comments attached to variables in tooltips?1
Is there some way tooltips can be made to display comments linked with variables and constants? Frank Church ======================= http://devblog.brahmancreations.com…
- Writing a Lazarus program with its own display, RFB?13
I want to write a program to provide its own remote display without an X Window server, ie the program has its own display which can be connected to via VNC server.…
- Github mirror repositories will be down for a few days1
I'm relocating the server that manages the [unofficial] Github mirror repositories for FPC and Lazarus to the UK (from South Africa). The whole process should be done by…
- Resources2
Hi All! I have been trying to use a resource file (mydata.rc) to include some bitmap images in an app but with no success. For simplicity, I have pared the rc file to a…
- Creating OSX application bundles from the command line6
Is there by any chance a way of building OSX application bundles from the command line - I'm guessing no & patches are welcome ;) Reinier
- Debugging Wince shows NO debugger output7
Hi I could not get the breakpoints to work, I googled a lot, tried all the suggestions unsuccessfully. After a full day of trial I ended up that now the project does not…
- D:\lazarus\lcl\lclintf.pas(64, 2) Fatal: Can't open include file "winapih.inc"0
havinf problems with making breakpoints work, I re-installed Lazarus 3 or 4 times changing revisions down to 1.0.08, 1.0.12 then returning to 1.0.14. I chose to delete…
- What are the perfomance and memory usage effects of having heaptrc running?1
I want to use heaptrc in a program, but only use the AddExitProc(@DumpHeapTraceOutput) occasionally with a command line switch. Does heaptrc intercept and monitor memory…
- Building on PPC Linux2
I'm having one of my periodic attempts to build trunk on various obscure platforms, and have come across an oddity. On a PPC Mac, running Debian "lenny", I get ..…
- Exception in CreateForm after conversion from Delphi6
I am converting a set of old small applications which I probably wrote in Delphi 1 or 2, first version of the sources I have dates from 1996, last version (the version I…
- LazReport feature request2
When you invoke the ShowReport or ShowPreparedReport methods of a TfrReport, you get a preview of the report, with a "Save Report" button. Save Report will open a file…
- Is GeckoPort version 2 usable?0
Hello. Is GeckoPort version 2 usable today? Anyone has success stories with it? Any specific XULRunner version it works with? I installed GeckoPort v2 as described here:…
- BUG: IDE will not open on Mac0
A new bug was filed here: http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=25339 Summary: When attempting to build and run Lazarus from trunk sources (and going back quite a few…
- DateDif function needed119
i'm searching a pascal datetime function that simulates an Excel function: "DateDif" Excel for example knows the function DateDif that returns the number of Years, month…
- Openbox and fonts0
Is there a way that we can change the font size in a ListView to be independant of the OS settings? The reason I ask is that changing the font size in CrunchBang (uses…
- Lazarus 1.0.14 Release0
The Lazarus team is glad to announce the release of Lazarus 1.0.14. This is a bug fix release, built with fpc 2.6.2. The previous releases from 1.0.8 to 1.0.12 were…
- Help reading SQLite field with more than 2551
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 09:27:23 +0100 (CET) From: Michael Van Canneyt Subject: Re: [Lazarus] Help reading SQLite field with more than 255 chars To: Lazarus mailing list…
- Database and installation2
Hi all I have used Lazarus with PostgreSQL in a client-server setup before. It worked very well when I installed it at a client. I have also written desktop Delphi…
- Fatal error on last svn lazarus make4
FPC r20108: compiler: don't allow to assign to for-in loop variable (bug #0025318) after this fpc update, lazarus can NOT make, error is: project_misc_options.pas(94,43)…
- Help reading SQLite field with more than 255 chars2
I'm reading the SQLite database of Adobe Lightroom (SQLite). I want to process the AdditionalMetadata table, see below, the XMP field, which may be 3000 chars long. When…
- TSpinEdit and TFloatSpinEdit2
Why do we have both TSpinEdit and TFloatSpinEdit? It seems like TFloatSpinEdit is enough. TFloatSpinEdit has property DecimalPlaces and when set to 0, it displays an…
- Stored Procedure Params0
Hi, I have to pass parameters to a PostgreSql stored procedure, but when I try to use SqlQuery1.ParamByName('myparam') I get a null pointer. The SqlQuery1.Sql.Text is…
- CHM docs Lazarus 1.2 fixes + 2.6.4rc11
I was making 2.6.4rc1 CHM docs, and decided to also build the lazarus fixes (1.2) branch. I don't know if this is necessary, who builds the release docs? Anyway,…
- Fit TFrom's width so that it's caption isn't cut off?3
Is there a crossplatform way to determine the necessary width for a TForm so that it's caption wont be cut off? It does have to work regardless of the (amount of)…
- Noobie - Interface problem in Windows4
I am a bit of a noobie to Lazarus and I have been designing an app with Lazarus running under Linux. It all seemed to be going well. Tonight I booted into Windows and…
- Photos in Windows Mobile1
Hi! I would like to develop the feature of take pictures from windows mobile handelds and save them in SQLite databases. May someone tell me how to implement this…
- Find Form instance with Title2
Google has failed me on this one. :( I need to check to see if a dynamically created form (object) with a given title already exists within the application, and if so,…
- TComboBox in csDropDown Mode Fails for Partial Match0
Hi Lazarus People! This is my first communication with the Lazarus community, so I'd like to start by introducing myself and saying a big thank you to everyone else…
- Lazarus 1.2RC1 Ctrl-F9 not working5
Running the latest RC in stock Xubutu 12.04 and Ctrl-F9 doesn't work, but if you select compile from the menu, it works fine. Any ides? Richard -------------- next part…
- Lazarus 1.2 RC10
just to let you know. I opened all 110 projects in the examples folder and tried to compile them. (on win xp sp1) Congratulation, there were only a very few projects…
- [ANN] ZBoleto - Bank payment slips generator.1
This announce is about a Brazilian project written in Free Pascal, for generating "Bank payment slips" (in Brazil, it is called as "Boletos banc?rios"). Link to the…