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lazarus · 2016-10

  1. that's surprised me a lot

    I've read something interesting recently, so I decided to show it to you. It is something really surprising, please take a look …

    Sascha.Hestermann, Andreas Frieß, Mattias Gaertner
    10
  2. Online Package Manager

    I decided to implement the online package manager(opkman) or at least give it a try. The first stable(alpha) version is ready and it works like this: the packages are…

    Balázs Székely, Alexey, DougC
    38
  3. TThread.Synchronize

    I have form on which is button. When user clicks button OnClick event handler is called (it is method of form). Processing of this method takes some time say 1 minute.…

    LacaK, Alexey, Mattias Gaertner
    29
  4. Teaching Pascal at College

    I am a professor of "introduction to programming". Currently we are working with matlab and c. Today I had a meeting about doing the module more interesting to the…

    Adrian De Armas, Chris Kelling, DougC
    128
  5. FPC on Rpi3 executable module sizes

    I have a group of programs that compile using FPC on Windows 7. I have ported those programs over to my RPi3 and they all compile fine. On Windows 7, the executable…

    Ken Kashmarek, Bo Berglund, Florian Klämpfl
    8
  6. ActiveX, TOLEControl

    I need help with OCX component (not visual I guess), which I need use in Lazarus application (to control another application, which supplies this OCX control). I have…

    LacaK, Dennis, Jesus Reyes A.
    5
  7. TPageControl OnChange calling issue

    we want to discuss a bug report http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=25554 here, not in Mantis (hope, I understand Bart right). Today, the TPageControl.OnChange event…

    Michael W. Vogel, Bart, DougC
    29
  8. Help System with Chromium Embedded component

    Hi, I have been experimenting with chromium embedded and the power is endless. It's like being able to write CGI programs but on the desktop with no server needing to…

    Lars, Graeme Geldenhuys, Marco van de Voort
    55
  9. COCOA Graphics

    Not sure if this list is the place to post issues using COCOA I have tried laz 1.6 fpc 3.0.1 with fixes and laz 1.7 fpc 3.1.1 trunk I have a problem, I thought was with…

    Unknown author, Mattias Gaertner
    1
  10. VK_* problem.

    I have an application that requires MouseAndKeyInput.lpk. I am using lazarus_1.6-0_amd64.deb, fpc-src_3.0.0-151205_amd64.deb, on Linux Cinnamon. I also am using it on…

    Larry Dalton, Alexey, Balázs Székely
    6
  11. Run FPC on Raspberry Pi3 in command line mode

    I have been runing FPC v3 on Windows 7 from a command line window. The Windows 7 version of the IDE sucks. I want to run FPC v3 on my Raspberry Pi3 the same way, from a…

    Ken Kashmarek, Bo Berglund, Lars
    4
  12. mensaje de espera

    Estimados listeros: Tengo una form con un botón Ver Informe. Al hacer click en el botón se realizan operaciones que consumen algunos segundos. Tengo un ProgressBar…

    hfiandor
    0
  13. How to use strings properly with fixes_1_6 and FPC 3.0.0?

    In the past I used Length, Pos, Delete, for i:=1 to Length(s) do s[i]... and realized yesterday these practices are wrong. But I do not know what the right practice.…

    Gabor Boros, Juha Manninen, Jürgen Hestermann
    35
  14. Chromium embedded on freebsd or firefox embedded

    What is the actual status of chromium embedded and firefox embedded on bsd? Does it only work on Windows and Linux? Seems there is not so much info about CEF in general…

    Lars, Graeme Geldenhuys, José Mejuto
    12
  15. TMouseinput mouse click.

    I am running Lazarus 1.6 on Windows 7. I have one application where I need to move the mouse to a certain point on the screen and then do a mouseclick from the program.…

    Larry Dalton, Balázs Székely, Vojtěch Čihák
    8
  16. Linking error to lazarus components

    I have an application that requires MouseAndKeyInput.lpk. I am using lazarus_1.6-0_amd64.deb, fpc-src_3.0.0-151205_amd64.deb, on Linux Cinnamon. I also am using it on…

    Larry Dalton, Mattias Gaertner
    2
  17. LazarusIDE - Component Palette - OnMouseWheel

    I've noticed that the Component Palette is not rendered properly after an OnMouseWheel event over it. Look at the attached image to see what I mean. I've also noticed a…

    Sandro Cumerlato, Ondrej Pokorny
    1
  18. osx cocoa panel no caption ?

    Hi I have been struggling with cocoa and the non displaying of text when a font is changed programmatically. However after further testing; I also notice that the Tpanel…

    Unknown author
    0
  19. Mouse move and mouse click

    I am trying to compile and use lazmouseandkeyinput.lpk on Linux Mint 17. I open and compile it with no problem, but when I add it to a project and try to build it I…

    Larry Dalton, Juha Manninen, Special
    3
  20. New methods code creation

    In Lazarus 1.6 when I used code creation for procedures and events they will be made in private part of class and I had an option in Codetool named "Insert new event…

    Aradeonas, Mattias Gaertner, Ondrej Pokorny
    18
  21. Anchordocking + Sparta, how dock object inspector into form editor

    Hi! I'm using AnchorDocking together with Sparta and work with these two are awesome. But is possible to dock the component list and object inspector into the form…

    Fabio Luis Girardi, Maciej Izak
    1
  22. LCL Cocoa: Overriding delegate protocols

    I need to handle some delegate protocols in our application layer, which will require overriding things that the LCL Cocoa layer already implements in classes like…

    Zoë Peterson, Graeme Geldenhuys
    1
  23. Watch List shows absolute rubbish

    Is it a known issue that the Watch List shows absolute rubbish from time to time??? Or at least that you can't trust the details is does show? Take a look at the…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Martin Frb, Mattias Gaertner
    6
  24. Trunk - Index Out Of Bounds error

    I've just upgraded to Lazarus Trunk. If I now add a package dependency to my project I get an index out of bounds error. I don't see the package add - in the Project…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Mattias Gaertner
    1
  25. Windows and german Umlauts: why do i have to PWideChar(UTF8Decode(String)) and not UTF8ToAnsi(String)

    I know how to deal with german Umlauts but I would like to understand. Think of a *.csv file that contains strings like "Grünberg" and that has to be opened in Excel (…

    Landmesser John, Bart, Jürgen Hestermann
    6
  26. Creating a component Guide ?

    Hi Is there a guide to creating my own component ( s ), I am thinking of creating a knob / slide bar component that uses an imagelist as its animation. Is there such a…

    Unknown author, Vojtěch Čihák
    1
  27. ANN: Procedure List enhancement

    I thought I would mention that Markus implemented an enhanced search feature in the Procedure List dialog. This became available at the end of July in Lazarus Trunk.…

    Graeme Geldenhuys
    0
  28. Lazmint

    This Document http://www.freepascal.org/~michael/articles/lazmint/lazmint.pdf Wants to show that "This is not as scary or difficult as it may seem". Unfortunately the…

    Michael Schnell, Graeme Geldenhuys, Mattias Gaertner
    5
  29. TPageControl cannot change parent

    Hi List. In the designer it is not posible to use the builtin feature of "Change Parent" (from the context menu) with a TPageControl. Other controls seems to work fine…

    Torsten Bonde Christiansen, Mattias Gaertner
    2
  30. Windows 10 force any non-white background color to White

    I have a program written in lazarus running normally in windows 7. When run in windows 10, the green color of the Frame/Form is changed by Windows 10 to white. Now my…

    Dennis, Giuliano Colla, Graeme Geldenhuys
    9
  31. Fast-small utilities for common javascript tasks, anyone?

    Hi, as some of you I mix Lazarus/FPC applications with Javascript/HTML/CSS web sites. As you know, the trend now is using NodeJs for everything, but as I see it too…

    Leonardo M. Ramé, Aradeonas, Michael Van Canneyt
    8
  32. TDBEdit, TStringField Size, DataSize, DisplayWidth and MaxLength

    An IBX user came to me with a problem and the problem seems to be a deep seated disconnect between multi-byte character sets, TStringField.Size and TDBEdit.MaxLength.…

    Tony Whyman, LacaK, Martin Schreiber
    11
  33. Most efficient way for polling (TTimer, OnIdle, TIdleTimer, TThread)

    I have a component that needs to poll a SimpleIPC server repeatedly (at each 1s or so). Currently i'm using a TTimer with a OnTimer handler that calls…

    Luiz Americo Pereira Camara, Michael Schnell
    1
  34. Calling DrawFocusRect() outside the Paint() event

    Working on a visual report designer for the upcoming fpReport. We use Canvas.DrawFocusRect() to draw a selection rectangle around a reporting element (eg: a memo). We…

    Graeme Geldenhuys, Alexey, Juha Manninen
    17
  35. GTK2 version and backspace key in Edit fields

    Regarding issue: http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=30596 GTK2 users please test if there is any version that needs special treatment. If not, then I will remove the…

    Juha Manninen, Alexey, Bart
    6
  36. Option to deactivate always open Menu Editor

    I like the new Menu Editor in Lazarus 1.7 Trunk, it is much better than in Lazarus 1.6! There is one thing, which I liked more in 1.6 than in 1.7. In 1.6, I could create…

    Michael W. Vogel, Juha Manninen
    7
  37. Notice: Due to Hurricane Matthew I'll be unavailable for the next few days

    Due to Hurricane Matthew I'm being evacuated from my home for a few days. If anyone wants to check up on me or my home I've set up a continuous live video stream from my…

    Anthony Walter, Lukasz Sokol, Shaun
    6
  38. Anyone has experience controlling Excel from FPC/delphi via OLE Automation?

    I am having problem using the Type Library generated. Don't know how to use it. I tried to 'learn' from old Delphi 5 source code (the only version of Delphi I have) that…

    Dennis, Tony Whyman, Werner Pamler
    3
  39. Messages from who?

    Recent changes to the Lazarus mailing list make it more difficult to identify who has posted a message. The FROM field is always the list, itself, now. I've noticed that…

    DougC, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk, Michael Schnell
    6
  40. Dynamic Form Components - SynEdit Help Please...

    I apologise for emailing but need a little bit of help please. Creating form components dynamically is a new area of pascal programming for me and I have become stuck.…

    Martin Collins, Martin Frb, Mattias Gaertner
    4
  41. Plivo API

    I am wetting my feet in Plivo API (www.plivo.com). " Plivo communicates with remote applications built by businesses through a series of API calls. These back and forth…

    duilio foschi, Mattias Gaertner, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
    4
  42. Helper for arrays

    Can I have or make helper for arrays? like making Count property so I can use it instead of Length ? For example : Ara http://www.fastmail.com - The professional email…

    Aradeonas, DougC, Maciej Izak
    8
  43. Can't add new form to Lazarus App

    On an old Lazarus app (Linux) today I tried to add a form and got the following: http://www.haimann.us/Images/Test.png After selecting this option, the new form appears…

    Terry A. Haimann, Bad Sector, brian
    8