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lazarus · 2018-03

  1. devmgmt.msc

    if I run devmgmt.msc on W7 I get this info on screen: http://i66.tinypic.com/2lucq4n.jpg Is there a Winows API I can call from my Lazarus program and get the same info ?…

    duilio foschi, José Mejuto
    5
  2. Test this please

    Hey guys. I wrote this web tool a while ago which emulates a desktop application in a few ways and wanted some feedback. http://storage.codebot.org login: tester…

    Anthony Walter, Bart, guy barbier
    15
  3. AT&T assembler syntax

    Is there a way to change the syntax for the Lazarus Assembler window (View->Debug Windows->Assembler) to display Intel syntax?…

    Wolf, leledumbo
    2
  4. Color and transparancy selection ?

    Is there a version of TColorDialog which allows to specify an Alpha channel ? Michael.

    Michael Van Canneyt, Anthony Walter, Graeme Geldenhuys
    17
  5. Beep?

    Hi Everyone! I am using Lazarus 1.8 on Linux Mint.  I would like to use the Windows.Beep( Freq, Duration) function, or (if not available) SysUtils.Beep subprograms.…

    Donald Ziesig, Carlos E. R., Landmesser John
    5
  6. Application crash when scrolling DB Grid

    my application uses DB grid and when user hit and hold pgdown/pgup, or hit CTRL+Home/End, applicaiton always crashes. Gdb gets this information: 0x000000000091bd68 in…

    Petr Hložek, Landmesser John
    1
  7. Linux make libQt5Pas fails

    On Linux when following the instructions in the in lcl/interfaces/qt5/cbindings/README.TXT, I get this error during the make stage: g++ -c -m64 -pipe -Wfatal-errors -g…

    Anthony Walter, zeljko
    1
  8. Help: What color group is this?

    I am trying to create some alternate styles for Lazarus and its code editor but am having a problem identifying some elements. Can anyone tell me what element group to…

    Anthony Walter, Martin Frb
    2
  9. Printers PageSetupDialog margin default

    I don't know how to set "default" for new props of PageSetupDialog- MarginNNN and MinMarginNNN and PageWidth, PageHeight. Currently set to some int, but Delphi wiki…

    AlexeyT
    0
  10. Special Request: Theme entire IDE support

    I just wanted to put this idea out there, which I feel would bring significant pleasure to a lot of Lazarus users. Would someone consider adding or working on support to…

    Anthony Walter, AlexeyT, Graeme Geldenhuys
    22
  11. Howto use Tooltip for function pos( for example?

    sorry, couldn't google it  ... if i type for example function  pos(   in Lazarus-Editor. Tooltip windows appears and at the right end of the tooltip window there are…

    Landmesser John, John Landmesser, Juha Manninen
    9
  12. Lazarus projects (wiki)

      I noticed that wiki pages http://wiki.freepascal.org/Lazarus_Application_Gallery and http://wiki.freepascal.org/Projects_using_Lazarus become too comprehensive and…

    Vojtěch Čihák, Mattias Gaertner
    1
  13. TStringGrid and cancelling a modal form

    Running on (Debian) Linux on AMD64 or ARM, Lazarus 1.6.4 and FPC 3.0.2, I'm seeing different behaviour depending on whether a program uses Qt or GTK2. The program…

    Mark Morgan Lloyd, José Mejuto, zeljko
    9
  14. SQLdb_Tutorial3 error

    Hello: I'm trying to "SQLdb_Tutorial3" example with sqlite3 connector. When the program executes Fquery.open it raises a SIGSEGV exception. sqlite3.dll is in the same…

    Santiago A., leledumbo, Rik van Kekem
    8
  15. StringGrid1.SaveToCSVFile - UTF-8 with BOM

    how can I save StringGrid content to a CSV file encoded to "UTF-8 with BOM" format? (as default it is saved to "UTF-8 without BOM" format) Thank you in advance for your…

    Sandro Cumerlato, Mattias Gaertner, Michael Van Canneyt
    3
  16. Menu editor unstable?

    The menu editor of lazarus trunk seems highly unstable. I've had 10+ crashes of lazarus in the last 2 hours, all due to the menu editor. The crash means that I get an…

    Michael Van Canneyt, Bilbo47, Juha Manninen
    20
  17. LCLMessageGlue.pas, typo in debug output?

    Just noticed in LCLMessageGlue.pas on line 98: and (TLMessage(AMessage).Msg < CN_KEYDOWN ) maybe there could be like on other lines in that IFDEF? Not sure, just…

    Lubos Pintes, Mattias Gaertner
    1
  18. Suggest LCL refactor for ShowContextMenu

    Maybe it's good to have LCL method to show context menu, w/o using Perform(LM_contextmenu,...). Name it ShowContextMenu(X, Y) - method must be main part of…

    AlexeyT
    0
  19. Call context menu in my component

    Hi. I try to call context menu inside ATSynEdit: - DoContextMenu(...)- does nothing - Perform(LM_CONTEXTMENU, 0, 0)- does nothing - WMContextMenu() must work but I need…

    AlexeyT, Vojtěch Čihák
    1
  20. Object inspector bug - exception

    Can you reproduce this? In Lazarus, execute this key sequence: F11, Ctrl+Tab, Tab, o, n, k Then this exception is raised: [Window Title] Lazarus IDE v1.9.0 - project1…

    Lubos Pintes, Bart, Juha Manninen
    7
  21. How to catch an unhandled exception?

    The result of the attached example (which use MWA's Firebird Pascal API) for me is an exception: Gstat execution time Fri Mar 9 09:29:18 2018 Database header page…

    Gabor Boros, Giuliano Colla, Tony Whyman
    6
  22. TMenu clone don't work, LCL bug?

    I think it's LCL bug. in demo, press button which copies MainMenu to PopupMenu and shows it. Linux gtk2: new menu works like mainmenu. Win10: new menu items don't work,…

    AlexeyT
    0
  23. Floats not streamed always (bug in trunk)

      I found bug in Lazarus 1.9 (Lazarus 1.9.0 r57442M FPC 3.1.1 x86_64-linux-qt). Properties of type Float are not streamed to *.lfm when theirs value =0. It is not…

    Vojtěch Čihák
    1
  24. ListView.ScrollBy not working?

    Does anybody know how to scroll a listview? Seems that ListView.ScrollBy isn't working, at least not for Windows. There's no TCustomListView.ScrollBy procedure and of…

    Rolf
    0
  25. Lazarus Digest, Vol 121, Issue 49

    Hi I am feeling very stupid now, but not sure where exactly to look. I installed Lazarus using aptitude on Debian (under /use/libs/lazarus). However, I see that that…

    Chavoux Luyt, Giuliano Colla, Mattias Gaertner
    2
  26. TFPRreport vs TFPJSONReport

    TFPRreport and TFPJSONReport need some clarifications. Maybe MVC can confirm/correct the below: TFPRreport: - Report design can be setup by code *only*. - TFPReportData…

    patspiper, Michael Van Canneyt
    1
  27. An expression is returning false, why?

    Sorry for possibly stupid subject and maybe off-topic question. In my UIA code, I am testing if a control has focus. So I have a FControl: TControl declared in my class.…

    Lubos Pintes, Giuliano Colla, Vojtěch Čihák
    5
  28. Lazarus Release 1.8.2

    The Lazarus team is glad to announce the release of Lazarus 1.8.2. This is a bugfix release. The release was built with FPC 3.0.4. Here is the list of changes for…

    Mattias Gaertner, Anthony Walter, Dennis
    9
  29. fpreport designer

    I am able to create fpreports by code. However the graphical designer is riddled with serious bugs making it impossible to use. I haven't succeeded in creating a single…

    patspiper, Andreas Frieß, Michael Van Canneyt
    14
  30. Package and project file format

    The package .lpk andproject .lpi file use the following format : <Units Count="241"> <Unit0> <Filename Value="lazarus.pp"/> <IsPartOfProject Value="True"/> <UnitName…

    Michael Van Canneyt, Denis Kozlov, DougC
    7
  31. TToolButton:.Marked

    Does anybody know what the property "Marked" of TToolButton is good for? I never realized it, but it's been there at least since Laz 1.0, and in Delphi at least since…

    Werner Pamler, rvk
    2
  32. Lazarus directory settings

    Second stupid question: Under options I can set the default Lazarus directory. Is there a setting somewhere for default ppu (or unit source) directory? I get an error…

    Chavoux Luyt, Mattias Gaertner
    1
  33. Running Lazarus in Lazarus

    Is it possible to run Lazarus as an application in IDE? I have a freeze somewhere, (Windows 10's "not responding" addition in a title bar). A --debug-log doesn't help me…

    Lubos Pintes, Mattias Gaertner
    6
  34. Strange ComboBox behavior (Windows)

    I've two issues with a ComboBox (csDropDown) control in Windows: 1. ComboBox.AutoSelect:=false isn't working. I seems that Windows always selects the whole ComboBox.Text…

    Rolf, Ondrej Pokorny
    3