Hi all,

LCL can now load/save .png images with the new TPortableNetworkGraphic. The new graphic class demonstrates that any fpImage format can now be added to the LCL in a minute. Just create the class and add 3 lines of code. I hope, there will soon be some people writing fpImage readers/writers for bmp, jpg, gif.

Other updates:

- fixed ControlAtPos for hidden TPage
- implemented component tree for object inspector. Because Drag&Drop is not yet implemented in TTreeView, you can only view the control hierachy, but not alter it.
- implemented for packages:
translating custom compiler options to codetools defines. That means for instance: You can now use -d compiler flags in the custom options, and "find declaration" will consider this for all source directories of the package.
Inherited custom options are not yet implemented.
- implemented CodeTools Defines Values dialog. This dialog shows you the current defines for a directory.
Available under
Environment -> CodeTools Defines Editor -> Tools -> Preview and under
Source Editor -> Popup Menu -> Unit Info -> Show CodeTools Values
- replaced IDE's open file, save file speed button icons
- IDE's speedbutton panel is now as high as the form
- if a gtk theme has only a pixmap, but no color defined, default color will now be used
- TBitmap.Assign now shares image data (like VCL)
- TPicture.SetGraphic now shares the image data (like VCL), and does not any longer use the whole graphic. If you use TPicture or TImage, please check for mem leaks.
- implemented TPortableNetworkGraphic.ReadStream, WriteStream
- implemented TPreviewFileDialog, TOpenPictureDialog, TSavePictureDialog

Mattias

Hi all,

the LCL and fpImage combination works better nearly every day. This week the bmp reader/writer has been added to fpImage, there is a jpeg reader/writer on sourceforge and copying from/to clipboard is now also implemented. The big missing pieces in the puzzle are palettes and win32 intf support.

Updates:

- implemented Import and Export of compiler options
- The IDE can now parse the Kylix 3 sources.
Just add the Kylix 3 defines:
Environment -> CodeTools defines editor -> Insert Template -> Insert Kylix 3 directory template
- added ObjectInspector example
- implemented copying graphics from/to clipboard
- Added TBitmap methods for easy load/save via fpImage. An example is the TJPEGImage at
http://lazarus.sourceforge.net/jpeglazarus.html
This means the LCL is now able to
load/save bmp, xpm, png and jpeg files.
- TBitmap now uses FPWriteBmp to write bmp files.

Mattias

hey all, I have made a few more CVS updates for GTK2 over the past several days, so figured I should give a general overview of where we are :)

- TControls "work"
- drawing works
- many events work
- click events mouse pos are often translated wrong
- clipping is wrong/doesn't work

- TWinControls "Work"
- native controls mostly work
- lcl controls partly work
- drawing wrong?
- no caret in synedit
- major scroll flashing
- key event acceleration untested, may not work
- many(most?) events work
- key events are still a little foobar

- Pango support almost works(turned off by default)
- causes crashes in some things (synedit?)
- bg doesn't always get cleared so fonts overdraw on re-expose
- apears to properly grab ScreenFonts properly(thus far no more X dependency if using GTK2.2)
- DrawText apears to work mostly(oh happy AA)
- TextOut mostly works
- TextExtentPoint should work properly
- UpdateDCTextMetrics mostly works
- ExtTextOut May work (untested)

- IDE semi-works
- form editing partly works
- redrawing wrong(clipping?)
- position updating
- doesn't always follow mouse
- unresponsive sometimes
-object inspector partly works
- internal buttons not visible, overdrawn(clipping again?)
- mouse events offset(wrong position)
- tooltips don't always match entry
-menus, some work some don't som crash and go boom :)
- component pallete mostly works
- mouse offset wrong , events recieved farther right then actually occur
- Source Editing(synedit) looks almost right oh so pretty
- unuseable, mouse clicks recieved multiple times
- constant slow flashing
- no caret visible
- text selecting half works
-misc other forms some work some go boom, many things are drawn offset wrong(clientrect).

- examples - many work all are buggy.

Still needs lots of love and any patches (especially for Clipping, mouse offsets, and key events) apreciated, but we are getting closer......

Andrew