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lazarus · 2015-09

  1. LGPL versions between RTL and LCL

    I know lots of developers don't like licensing questions, but I'll ask anyway. Is it intended that RTL is using LGPL v2.1 as its base, while LCL is using an earlier…

    Dmitry Boyarintsev, C Western, Mattias Gaertner
    4
  2. TInetSocket usage - any documentation available?

    I have looked for a native FPC TCP/IP socket to use as a replacement for a serial port component and I discovered the ssockets unit that ships with FPC and contains a…

    Bo Berglund, Mark Morgan Lloyd, Michael Schnell
    12
  3. Desktops and IDECoolbar

    Desktops and IDECoolbar support are welcome additions to Lazarus. I suppose a package can now add a dropdown button to the IDECoolbar. Is there an example on how to add…

    patspiper, Juha Manninen
    1
  4. Cross-compiling for Raspberry Pi2

    I have a need to port a Delphi console program written for Windows to be used on Raspberry Pi2. Apparently it is possible to use Freepascal to get programs running on…

    Bo Berglund, David Taylor, Dennis
    111
  5. Build of Lazarus fails on Mac with STABS error (perhaps because of MacOSX 10.11??)

    Two or three weeks ago I switched my main computer to OSX 10.11, now I tried to re-compile Lazarus but compilation failed. I compile Lazarus quite regulary, so my guess…

    Michael Ring, Mattias Gaertner, Sven Barth
    5
  6. Compiling lazarus on arm-linux

    I'm trying to compile lazarus on an arm-linux system (odroid C1, but also on RPi model 2). It works until this : ... make --assume-new=svn2revisioninc.pas svn2revisioninc

    Koenraad Lelong, Mark Morgan Lloyd, Martin Schreiber
    6
  7. Application slow shutting down

    Hi I have an application with a main form, and several others whuich are only ever used in modal form. The application is slow to terminate, and I cannot see why. The…

    Susie Nicol, Gordon Cooper, Gordon Findlay
    12
  8. Build of Lazarus fails on Mac with STABS error (perhaps because of MacOSX 10.11??)

    Hi To the best of my capabilities I have resolved this issue in the fink packages for lazarus 1.4.2 and fpc 2.6.4.The package descriptions contain all required changes,…

    Schindler Karl-Michael, Michael Ring, Sven Barth
    2
  9. about the command writeln()

    Dear Michael: You have mentioned the command writeln('something') before and after the Application.Terminate, y an email and I want to know about it. Can you send me…

    Héctor Fiandor, Michael Van Canneyt
    1
  10. samevalue function issue

    I am using samevalue function provided with fpc (math unit). I am using samevalue instead of = in order to avoid problems related to precision. If I compare two values:…

    Andrea Mauri, Virgo Pärna
    1
  11. Problem with PDF printing

    I've just found out that our printing with Lazarus 1.4.2 on 64 bit Linux doesn't work, e.g., it always produces a nearly empty PDF file (2.6 kB) with CUPS PDF printer…

    Martin Grajcar
    0
  12. Compiler message "lines compiled"

    There is now an option to show the compiler message "n lines compiled. m sec". By default FPC gives the message a low priority "info", which by default is hidden in…

    Mattias Gaertner, Mark Morgan Lloyd
    1
  13. fpc (trunk) 3.1.1 debian .deb

    time ago the .deb packages of fpc in trunk were availlable on daily snapshot pages. The same with other fpc distribtions (for instance packaged in the lazarus setup exe).

    Salvatore Coppola, Anthony Walter, coppolastudio
    2
  14. Spam in the Wiki main page

    Some of the main page links (like the 30 second tutorial) seem to lead to a spam/virus site. I do not have an account there so if anyone can, please remove them.…

    Kostas Michalopoulos, Florian Klämpfl, José Mejuto
    5
  15. FPC on OpenIndiana...

    The install.sh script is missing for http://www.freepascal.org/down/x86_64/solaris-austria.var Have a nice day

    Liyuan García Caballero, Mark Morgan Lloyd, Mattias Gaertner
    2
  16. Sending secure smtp email via Synapse

    I am trying to send secure SMTP email by using Synapse and Lazarus 1.4.2 under Windows 7 and am not getting very far. I have followed the example on this page:…

    Richard Mace, Graeme Geldenhuys, Ondrej Pokorny
    4
  17. Storing projects in subversion (or git etc.)

    Looking at some projects filed away here, I find I've been inconsistent so would appreciate it if somebody could say authoritatively: what types of file should be put in…

    Mark Morgan Lloyd, Graeme Geldenhuys, leledumbo
    25
  18. How to see sockets in Lazarus 1.4.0?

    It seems like I am missing something regarding usage and setup of the Lazarus/FPC environment... I installed Lazarus a while ago in order to check how it would cope with…

    Bo Berglund, Michael Van Canneyt
    3
  19. LaztoApk troubles

    this should be direct to delphifreak but i preferred to ask here, maybe someone has already experimented and solved. After configured laz4android jdk sdk ndk, the…

    Salvatore Coppola, coppolastudio, sam_herzog
    4
  20. Project options lock IDE

    fpc svn r31772 lazarus r49851 (Option -dDisableWrapperFunctions) osx yosemite qtx64 When I change target cpu, os and witget set then click ok button IDE lock. I added…

    FreeMan, Mattias Gaertner
    4
  21. Fatal: (1018) Compilation aborted

    fpc r31772 lazarus r49865 I get this error while run lazbuild in terminal Free Pascal Compiler version 3.1.1 [2015/09/20] for x86_64 Copyright (c) 1993-2015 by Florian…

    FreeMan, Mattias Gaertner
    1
  22. Equivalent of a Windows DLL on RPi?

    I am investigating programming for the Raspberry Pi as described in my other thread. Could someone please outline if there is a concept like a Windows DLL also in…

    Bo Berglund, leledumbo, Mark Morgan Lloyd
    6
  23. about SQLQuery

    Dear Members: I am using Lazarus for application and sqlite for BDTables. I have used the SQLQuery facility for showing in a Report what I want (simple Query), using in…

    Héctor Fiandor
    0
  24. Difference between Lazarus 1.4.2 and 1.5 of i18n

    In Lazarus 1.4.2, ifIactivateintheproject optionsi18n,thecaptionsofthecontrolsare inserted intothe.po. If I do the same in Lazarus 1.5, only resourcestrings, not the…

    Michael W. Vogel, Bart, Mattias Gaertner
    4
  25. laz report crash IDE on startup with builded Option -dDisableWrapperFunctions

    svn fpc r31772 & lazarus r49851 osx 10.10.4 qtx64 I builded IDE -dDisableWrapperFunctions param, when start IDE, IDE crashed. I get This lines from terminal.…

    FreeMan, Jesus Reyes, Jesus Reyes A.
    4
  26. Option -dDisableWrapperFunctions need "LazFileUtils" in two files

    when try use Option -dDisableWrapperFunctions, this two files need add "LazFileUtils" to uses section. /lazarus/components/chmhelp/packages/help/lhelpcontrol.pas …

    FreeMan, Mattias Gaertner
    1
  27. Where is hwiringPi?

    Hi All! It looks like this is Raspberry PI day :-) . I have Lazarus working on a RPi 2 B with no problems til now. (Started with monitor, keyboard and mouse till I got…

    Donald Ziesig, Bo Berglund, Dennis
    10
  28. making lazarus from source failed (linux mint)

    As I cannot find fpc 2.6.4 for linux mint (the highest version for deb package is 2.4.2). I need to compile lazarus from source (as the official deb package depends on…

    Xiangrong Fang, Graeme Geldenhuys, Juha Manninen
    3
  29. Initialization of an own component by "Save Project As ..."

    I have a own component where I store a log filename with a relative path of my project. This works fine with a own property editor. There I open a TSaveDialog and remove…

    Michael W. Vogel
    0
  30. use of function ExtractWord

    Example: given a string: str := '2015-09-14 14:46:50 downloadrate (813 KB/s)' if i want to get the first word ( worddelim is space ) i use: Result := ExtractWord(1…

    John Landmesser, fred, Graeme Geldenhuys
    4
  31. GetTextExtent on Windows

    I use "LCLIntf.DrawText" for drawing text on the screen and "Canvas.TextWidth" to determine its width to increment a TRect for the next text output. But these functions…

    Jürgen Hestermann, Marc Weustink, Mattias Gaertner
    4
  32. OnUTF8KeyPress on Mac OS X Carbon

    I have used ?OnUTF8KeyPress on Windows and Linux (GTK2 and QT) to enable keyboard entry of the degree symbol in place of the reverse dash with the following code:…

    Unknown author
    0
  33. IDE CoolBar issue

    every time I start the Lazarus IDE the IDE CoolBar items reduplicate. Resetting to default from options doesn't solve the issue. Please take a look at the attachment.…

    Sandro Cumerlato, Juha Manninen, Mattias Gaertner
    48
  34. Lazarus vs Delphi - Open Tools API (OTA)

    I've seen recent messages here about improvements the Lazarus IDE interface for 3rd party add-ons. I must admit, I did not follow it closely. Is Lazarus IDE also trying…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Juha Manninen, Mattias Gaertner
    6
  35. test

    test

    Martin Frb, Travis Ayres
    1
  36. lazbuild new option --verbose-pkgsearch

    "lazbuild" has a new option "--verbose-pkgsearch" showing what packages are searched and found. Mattias

    Mattias Gaertner, Michael Van Canneyt
    1
  37. FPCUnit IDE add-on to create unit tests

    I noticed there is a fpcunit IDE add-on package include with Lazarus. Unfortunately it is extremely basic in functionality - it can only create a new empty test unit.…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Mattias Gaertner, Michael Van Canneyt
    5
  38. POFile ommission

    Recently got into PO files and want to translate a program. Turns out, however, that multi-line hints in lfm files are not brought over correctly - only the first line…

    JuuS, Mattias Gaertner
    2
  39. Custom control clicks

    Someone know how catch clicks on a control (TCustomControl) at design time? I override the methods Click and MouseDown, but these events are not called at design time…

    Fabio Luis Girardi, Martin Frb, Mattias Gaertner
    4
  40. Desktops and multiple source editors

    Martin Friebe noticed a problem with desktops and multiple source editor windows. In fact I also noticed that a second source editor is not restored correctly when…

    Juha Manninen, Graeme Geldenhuys, Martin Frb
    35
  41. Way to detect control resize start-stop

    The LCL has some mechanism to detect when a control is being re-sized and when resize is done? Fabio Luis Girardi PascalSCADA Project…

    Fabio Luis Girardi, Mattias Gaertner, Ondrej Pokorny
    2
  42. Crash log

    Does Lazarus have a crash log? Sometimes I will got crash in th middle of something and its hard to make it happen again and I want to know what happend and maybe share…

    Aradeonas, Mattias Gaertner
    1
  43. multi desktop - scack window - column sizes

    This may only work with no anchordock. It was never finished for anchordock. The ide layout, also saves column width (e.g. debugger stack win) together with the window…

    Martin Frb
    0
  44. Lazarus IDE - One Hundred Papercuts

    Ubuntu started the "One Hundred Papercuts" project a couple years ago. The Ubuntu "One Hundred Papercuts" definition: ?Papercuts are fast to fix, but annoying bugs. Our…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Juha Manninen, Martin Frb
    12
  45. IDE - Bookmarks overview window?

    I'm using Lazarus 1.5 r48959 FPC 2.6.4 x86_64-linux-gtk 2. Does Lazarus IDE have a window (something similar to TODO List window) that shows all set bookmarks (source…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Bart, Flávio Etrusco
    12
  46. Desktops with docked IDE

    Lazarus trunk r49778 now supports desktops also with AnchorDocked IDE. Its settings are now stored in environment options just like all desktop settings. It is made by…

    Juha Manninen, FreeMan, Martin Frb
    13
  47. LazReport bug?

    I have recently upgraded from Lazarus 1.2 to Lazarus 1.4.2. Compiling a program with version 1.4.2 breaks a report written with version 1.2. One of field names in the…

    Craig Goodyear, Jesus Reyes A.
    2
  48. FormatFloat('#,##.00', -1) -> .-1,00

    the function FormatFloat delivers a bad formatted negative value with(!) the dot from ThousandSeparator. In sysint.inc i found: { Character that is put every 3 numbers…

    John Landmesser, Michael Van Canneyt, Werner Pamler
    6
  49. win64 qt lazarus IDE popup error and crash

    this is my command line for lazarus make LCL_PLATFORM=qt CPU_TARGET=x86_64 OS_TARGET=win64 OPT="-dUSE_QT_45 -g -gl" win 8 x64 fpc svn lazarus svn r49771…

    FreeMan
    0
  50. Testing Lazarus development version easily under Wine

    I don't have Windows right now. I found out an easy way to test my development repository changes also under Wine. Lazarus runs amazingly well with Wine. I installed the…

    Juha Manninen, FreeMan, Marc Weustink
    4