Thanks, Michael. I'm going to ask some questions, and I think it's preferrable to do that on the list, because not all of my questions are exclusively on Win32 implementation and so other can help. Sorry my english. :-)

Luciano.

The Gauthiers wrote

I am getting really frustrated with the package. It looks so promising its painful, but don't think I've ever seen less in the way of setup/configuration information in any distributed application.

The truth is that the Windows version of Lazarus is much more alpha then the Linux version. The Win32 binary available is there to show what it looks like and how it will/can/should work in the future. The main coding of the LCL is written for GTK+. Unfortunately the Win32-GTK+ leaves alot to be desired. It has many problems.

A native Win32 API version of the LCL is being worked on but it is further behind then the Linux GTK+ version. At the moment there is only one person working on the Win32 API and only when he has a few moments.

The LCL has made amazing strides in the past several weeks which might help in the development of the Win32 API and the use of other widget sets.

While the Win32 version of Lazarus is a goal and is being worked on the Linux version is the primary development area.

All that being said I do know that it is possible to partially use the LCL in the Win32 environment. There should be others on this list that can probably give you more advise then I can.

Has anyone some somewhat detailed notes on installing and CONFIGURING the two software packages. I can get it installed but can't configure Lazarus to compile anything, and can't get any of the controls onto the form. In the first instance, it keeps saying to check the compiler name. In the latter, it won't allow me to place a control on the form and the dos window says something about a tag > 0.

I am getting really frustrated with the package. It looks so promising its painful, but don't think I've ever seen less in the way of setup/configuration information in any distributed application.

I've even downloaded the source and tried to compile Lazarus, only to find it seems to think its on a UNIX system and wants make to be in the /usr/bin directory. I know make is available in the path. I can call make from any prompt( and I've checked the case of the path as noted in one FAQ or another).

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards;
Gary

Who is that person? I really would like to make contact with him/her, get some informations and help developing the Win32 code.

Luciano.

Luciano Coutinho Barcellos wrote

>... Who is that person? I really would like to make contact with him/her, get some informations and help developing the Win32 code.

The person who has been putting the most effort into it is Keith Bowes. He is on this list but can be contacted at:

Thanks for the frank reply. I wasn't sure from all the messages back and forth, whether the Win32 version was Alpha, Beta, or Released. I hope that it does get to a Beta stage in the near future, but also can appreciate not having much time to devote to it. Perhaps when it is at a somewhat more usable stage, I can help out. While I am learning Delphi, I have used Pascal before, and I am a Test Engineer for high-criticality software.

Regards;
Gary